> There seemed when I was working in this area to be two main sources of the > latter: FTDI and ??Prolific?. Although the devices I was working with were > Windows only, I was able to find Mac drivers for both of these things with a > bit of googling on the net (because other products are using the same > chipsets, and are marketed with Mac software). Once I got these installed I > could simply open a "port" called /dev/cu.usbserial, and found that I was > talking to the GPS device as if it was a serial device. So in fact Rev was > dealing with a serial device; and the actual SiRF chipset was a serial > device; > there were just a few layers of bridging over USB going on between the two. > > So I reckon that there's a fair chance that you could establish communication > with the device (though mind you I did this a couple of years ago, on a > PowerPC - I've not checked whether Intel versions of these drivers are now > available).
I use FTDI serial-USB adapters at work, and I know they do come with versions that can be attached directly to a circuit board, so that is probably what is being used in these cases. There are Intel drivers available, just google FTDI drivers and see what you get. Cheers, Sarah _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
