Re: Where can I buy miniUSB-m → USB-A-f adapters i n Canada?

[Brolin Empey]

I finally got the hardware needed to charge my FreeRunner while using it as
a USB host from DealExtreme.  Digi-Key has at least some of the USB parts I
needed too, including the microUSB-m→USB-A-f cables I asked about in another
thread.  I photographedmy
desk after using Cygwin on my Windows Vista PC to ssh to QtMoko v14 on
my
FreeRunner via a USB→Ethernet adapter connected to my FreeRunner via a
dual-power USB hub, which is powered by a USB charger (AC→DC over USB) with
3 colours of cool but pointless flashing LEDs.  This is *so* cool!  I set a
root password on QtMoko because I do not want anyone on my LAN (not that
there is even currently anyone else home! :P) to be able to get root access
to my FreeRunner.  I used the on-screen keyboard in qterminal on QtMoko to
configure the USB logical host mode, electrical host mode, and networking
until I could ssh from my PC to QtMoko via Ethernet.  I also (re)learned
more about my digicam (a Canon PowerShot G6) while trying to get a
relatively decent photo of my setup.
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Re: Where can I buy miniUSB-m → USB-A-f adapters i n Canada?

[Robin Paulson]

2009/11/23 Brolin Empey :
> (2 for me, 2 for my colleague)  I have 2 questions, though:
>
> 1. Can the FreeRunner charge while in USB Host mode?

yes

> 2. If yes, how can I simultaneously connect a USB hub + power supply/source
> to the FreeRunner?

there's a cable that has been made/bought by a few fr owners, which
will allow this. it's detailed on the om wiki:

http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Specialized_USB_cables

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Re: Where can I buy miniUSB-m → USB-A-f adapters i n Canada?

[Brolin Empey]

2009/9/15 Boris Wong 

> Brolin Empey wrote:
> > Where can I buy such an adapter or cable in Canada?
> Try www.dealextreme.com
>
> They have free shipping (although order and shipping takes 3 weeks
> total) and their prices are phenomenally low.
>

 Thanks for the recommendation!  DealExtreme is amazing, even if they are
not in Canada.  I ordered 4 of these:



(2 for me, 2 for my colleague)  I have 2 questions, though:

1. Can the FreeRunner charge while in USB Host mode?
2. If yes, how can I simultaneously connect a USB hub + power supply/source
to the FreeRunner?
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Re: Where can I buy miniUSB-m → USB-A-f adapters i n Canada?

[Robin Paulson]

2009/9/14 Brolin Empey :
> Bright idea ;), but I got the same product for even closer to nothing:
>
> 

jeez, less than a dollar...and post costs 2 and a half times as much

good score

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Re: Where can I buy miniUSB-m → USB-A-f adapters i n Canada?

[Brolin Empey]

2009/9/12 Robin Paulson 

> also, if you're after a usb ethernet device, i got one from ledshoppe
> for next to nothing
>
> http://ledshoppe.com/Product/com/CA3005.htm
>

Bright idea ;), but I got the same product for even closer to nothing:



:)
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Re: Where can I buy miniUSB-m → USB-A-f adapters i n Canada?

[Robin Paulson]

2009/9/11 Brolin Empey :
> A few days ago, I was chatting with DocScrutinizer in #openmoko on FreeNode
> about using a USB → Ethernet adapter to connect my FreeRunner directly to my
> Ethernet LAN.  DocScrutinizer told me I need a miniUSB-m → USB-A-f adapter
> or a cable like this:

i bought a female to female adapter on my local auction site for about
$4 and use it with conventional usb cables; i'm sure ebay will have
something similar. hard to search for though, you might have to do a
lot of browsing through usb categories

also, if you're after a usb ethernet device, i got one from ledshoppe
for next to nothing

http://ledshoppe.com/Product/com/CA3005.htm

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