Ariadna73 wrote:
>..
> By the way, I got a digital camera that needs a male-to-male USB cable to
> connect it to the computer, and nobody at Frys know what I'm talking about
> (why that doesn't surprise me?) Does anybody has a cable like this and is
> able to bring it to the fest next sat?????
>
Well, first there were USB type A and type B connectors
cables are available with
A male
A female
B male
(B female may be rare or nonexistent in cables;
maybe? only found as hardware chassis receptacles)
Then "mini USB" appeared, which I believe have 5 connectors
Mini male
Mini female (probably rare in cables)
Now, I also see mini USB divided into mini type A and mini type B, but I
can't see, don't understand the difference (if any)
Then there seem to be a somewhat less standard "micro USB" that, I think
were popularized by digital camera manufacturers. I might be wrong, but
I wouldn't bet on interchangeability <sigh>.
I have a cheap Vivitar camera that uses a D-shaped micro USB connector.
It seems to have 8 pins. I suppose the excess pins are all ground,
because USB only uses 4 of them, eh?
Here's one possibly helpful reference with pictures and pinouts:
http://hytel.com.au/Reference/USB.htm
or maybe note the caption and expand the picture at
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Universal_Serial_Bus#Types_of_USB_connectors
==> If someone has a better reference, please post a link.
I will bring these cables to the September ifests (9/8 and 9/15):
A/Male-to-A/Female
A/Male-to-B/Male
A/Male-to-Vivitar/Male (d-shaped 8-pin "micro")
Regards,
..jim
--
[email protected]
http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
