USB connector not Mini-AB?
Joerg Reisenweber
joerg at openmoko.org
Mon Jul 21 04:29:31 CEST 2008
Am So 20. Juli 2008 schrieb Tobias Diedrich:
> Torfinn Ingolfsen wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > 2008/7/19 Tobias Diedrich <ranma+openmoko at tdiedrich.de>:
> > > Looking at the Freerunner connector, it looks like it's really a
> > > Mini-B Female connector instead of the Mini-AB Female connector as
> > > stated on
> > > http://www.openmoko.org/wiki/Neo_FreeRunner_GTA02_Hardware
> > >
> > > Can someone else confirm this?
> >
> > Yes. See
> >
http://www.openmoko.org/wiki/Getting_Started_with_your_Neo_FreeRunner#Package_Contents
>
> Well, that doesn't contradict with a Mini-AB female connector though.
> As it's name says a Mini-AB femal connector should accept both
> Mini-A and Mini-B cables, which makes sense because Mini-B is used
> for client mode and Mini-A for host mode and the Freerunner supports
> both.
>
> The wrong connector means that an 'offical' USB-OTG cable like
>
http://www.amazon.de/Hama-00074214-OTG-Kabeladapter-Mini-USB-A-Stecker-USB-A-Kupplung/dp/B000EORX7U/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=ce-de&qid=1216581564&sr=8-1
> can't be used unfortunately...
>
> And I can't find a USB-A receptacle to Mini-USB-A plug cable on amazon. :/
> Only this plug-adapter (maybe, it does not explicitly state A or B
> AFAICS), which will work I guess, but I'd rather like a cable.
>
http://www.amazon.de/Adapter-BUCHSE-Stecker-Verl%C3%A4ngerung-Anschluss/dp/B001372BVA/ref=sr_1_44?ie=UTF8&s=ce-de&qid=1216581654&sr=8-44
> Seems like I'll have to cannibalize the Hama cable. ^_^;
see:
http://www.electronicproductonline.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=1781
/j
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