[maemo-developers] PUSH N900 (Was Re: N900 usb host + power charge)

[From: Frank Banul]

Maybe serial control a USB host? http://www.compsys1.com/html/usb_host_kit.html

On Sun, Sep 20, 2009 at 5:23 PM, Attila Csipa <maemo at csipa.in.rs> wrote:
> On Sunday 20 September 2009 23:11:07 Kees Jongenburger wrote:
>> I indeed planed to use usb-host in my project. perhaps we can use the
>> connectors behind the battery, previous models
>> used to have serial there.
>> If anybody has a bright ideas on how to connect something to the n900
>> that would be great.
>
> Well if you need just serial and don't mind the expense, probably the easiest
> way is a bluetooth modem, a la
> http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/product_info.php?products_id=582
>
> A bit more out-of-the-box thinking is to do things backwards, i.e. get a beefy
> microcontroller that does USB host mode or USB OTG, and have the N900 connect
> to that. This will also require some software wizardry as the N900 will want
> to present itself as mass storage, but maybe that can be hacked/tweaked.
>
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