Hi Martin, The IOIO has a PIC24F microcontroller which has USB host functionality. Communications with android is implemented in software. Theoretically I suppose you could hook it up to linux but I'm not sure how you'd do the host to host bridging. Most PC linux devices are USB hosts, you understand.
There is scope for connecting an IOIO via USB to a linux PC (or other USB host device) since the PIC24F I think is USB OTG which can therefore act as host or client. The lovely thing about IOIO is that all the firmware and hardware is open, so you can reprogram it as you wish. ytai did a great job with it. In my vario design, I've modified the stock IOIO firmware (application layer and bootloader) extensively so the device can run standalone. On Sat, Dec 3, 2011 at 7:47 AM, Martin Gregorie <mar...@gregorie.org> wrote: > I have an interfacing job to do, nothing to do with Android, that looks > like something an IOIO board might help with. I've been looking at the > SparkFun site but all it talks about is Android specific phone > interfacing. I could find little or nothing about the generaal > capabilities of the thing, but some of you guys know a lot about the > IOIO, hence my question: > > Is the IOIO tied to Android specifically, or can it be used as a generic > USB interface adapter for any Linux distro? > > Is there a page on that site that would help me use it with another > distro? > > > Martin > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > All the data continuously generated in your IT infrastructure > contains a definitive record of customers, application performance, > security threats, fraudulent activity, and more. Splunk takes this > data and makes sense of it. IT sense. And common sense. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/splunk-novd2d > _______________________________________________ > Xcsoar-user mailing list > Xcsoar-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xcsoar-user ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ All the data continuously generated in your IT infrastructure contains a definitive record of customers, application performance, security threats, fraudulent activity, and more. Splunk takes this data and makes sense of it. IT sense. And common sense. http://p.sf.net/sfu/splunk-novd2d _______________________________________________ Xcsoar-user mailing list Xcsoar-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xcsoar-user
