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Posted by Joe McKibben on October 18, 2007, 8:49 am
Please log in for more thread options > On Oct 18, 3:50 am, Jens Peter Lindemann <j...@bioneuro18.uni-
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> > > > Hello, is it possible to connect a pda, as a Palm, with a
> > > > microcontroller using the usb port on the pda and a usb-to-serial
> > > > conversion circuit on the micro?
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> > > My understanding is that most pda's are USB slave devices
> > > and can not host another USB slave device such as a
> > > usb-to-serial adaptor. There are some USB device called
> > > "USB to go" that have a limited ability to host another
> > > USB device, but that is not the norm.
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> > But this can be the answer: If you use a microcontroller with "USB to
> > go" functionality (AFAIR there is a AVR with such a USB interface
> > on-chip) and make the microcontroller the host for the Palm, you're
> > close to what the OP wants...
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> > --
> > "Die Chance zu ertrinken, ist 5mal so hoch, wie bei einem Fahrradunfall
> > abzuleben. Wenn sie also Fahrrad fahren, vergessen sie den Sturzhelm.
> > Nehmen sie lieber Schwimmfl=FCgelchen."
> > (Dieter Nuhr, WDR2-Kabarett)
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> There are a couple books that have been written about using PDAs in
> robots. I have two of them and I think one is called PDA robotics. I
> can't remember how exactly they did it, if they used the usb port or
> not. I will have to look it up later.
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> You may also want to check outwww.acroname.com, they have some PDA
> robot kits that are pretty cool.
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At least acroname used to sell a PDA kit, it seems they don't have it
any more. They used to have an omnidirectional robot that came with
the PDA and everything.
Joe McKibben
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> microcontroller using the usb port on the pda and a usb-to-serial
> conversion circuit on the micro?