Can I program the USB port using Basci4PPC please?

[Wobbler]

Hi,

I want to connect hardware to the phone, preferably using the external port (e.g. USB). Is this possible please?

(The hardware will be geeky stuff, microcontrollers etc if I can work out how to open the packet.)

Thank you!

[agraham]

I'm afraid not. And even then most devices do not have a Master USB port, they only have a Slave port that can't control things even if you did have a driver.

[taximania]

Bluetooth, IR and Serial are both supported from within B4ppc.

See this page on my website Electronics

[Wobbler]

Thanks Agraham. USB would have been nice!

Thanks Taximania - am on your site now. Do phones have Serial?! And power-wise, is IR or Bluetooth going to be more economic on battery life? I'm thinking the former...

Should be easy to program though. (Yeah, right!)

[taximania]

Originally Posted by Wobbler

Thanks Taximania - am on your site now. Do phones have Serial?!

My original PPC(non phone) had Serial, USB and IR. But no BT.
I never managed a USB connection to anything.
My PPC(phone) now, O2-XDA doesn't have Serial or IR, but has USB and BT.
I never managed a USB connection to anything.

This backs up AGraham's post about USB

I don't know about other PPC's or phones. Try Google :-(

And power-wise, is IR or Bluetooth going to be more economic on battery life? I'm thinking the former...

IR is VERY short range, and unpredictable.
BT is better, and I've had no issues with power consumption.

Should be easy to program though. (Yeah, right!)

Wrong, that's the easy bit

(The hardware will be geeky stuff, microcontrollers etc if I can work out how to open the packet.)

Just ask, it's why we're on the forum.

Has your phone got BT ?

[Wobbler]

Hi there!

Yes it does; BT, USB, Wifi etc. The next one I get should have IR as well. I have some old phones with IR but they are Symbian unfortunately.


Thanks for the offer of help. I have some hardware coming and I will no doubt be spamming the forum when it turns up!

[mjcoon]

Originally Posted by taximania

I don't know about other PPC's or phones. Try Google :-(

My PPC (a Fujitsu-Siemens Pocket Loox) has USB slave for usual sync with PC but also (when using a special cable) USB host. This allows simple peripherals such as SDHC card reader, keyboard and so forth. Maybe even a camera though I haven't tried. But I gather that most PPCs that do have USB only have slave.

Mike.

[a6000000]

.. you can try zeno USB host driver
Zeno host USB drivers updated | xda-developers
because the loox have USB-HOST
xda mda hack http://hackaday.com/entry/1234000270029372/

Zeno USB Host Drivers freeware for Windows Mobile Phone.
adapter ??
USB power "injector" for USB host mode

http://www.mobilitysite.com/boards/x...-usb-host.html usbhost

Mobilism • View topic - Zeno USB Host Drivers v6.0a zeno qq66yy
http://hackaday.com/entry/1234000270029372/

.. or you take a serial cam from ebay (10$) and conect to serial rs232
MCA-25
MCA-30
or philips cam DC-3840
Forum: Mikrocontroller und Elektronik - Mikrocontroller.net

.. or you conect a second ppc over Bluetooth ..

[taximania]

Cheers a6000000

I'll give those links a look tomorrow.