On Sun, 2007-05-13 at 21:14 -0600, Joe Pfeiffer wrote: > Mark Eichin writes: > >Speaking of USB -- the openmoko has a USB device port on the side > >(that's being discussed in this thread) and internally has a USB host, > >according to http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Category:Neo1973_Hardware#USB_Host > >but I what I haven't seen clarified - is the USB host port brought > >outside at all? > > Hardware yes, software no at present (I'm told). > > The USB connector is actually a Mini-AB, so either a host or a device > can be plugged in. At present the software only enables the phone as > a device (I'm not quite sure how the handshake would work to just > notice that a device was plugged into it; it's not a full USB > On-The-Go stack). > > >(At a high level, my use case is "take pictures from my real camera > >and upload them directly to flickr" :-) That requires either an SD > >slot, or USB host to talk to the card directly (or USB to talk to the > >camera, but that's less portable.) I'm trying to see if I can do this > >with the FIC1973, possibly with simple warrantee violating hardware > >enhancements...) > > It's my understanding that it would "only" require software changes. >
Does anyone know how much work it will be to get the USB host working? I will need it to drive a webcam for one of my projects. Will this be possible? E-Mail disclaimer: http://www.sunspace.co.za/emaildisclaimer.htm _______________________________________________ OpenMoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community