Hi Michael,<br><br>you are right about using Arduino as a simple hardware interface between Neo and other hardware, such as sensors, actuators, etc.<br><br>I am an electronic engineer and a hardware/software developer.<br>
I use Arduino on many projects. So far I didn't interface Arduino with my Neo, but it is something that I was thinking and I will do, as soon as I have some time.<br><br>I will report here when I do some progress.<br>
<br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Jan 3, 2009 at 8:22 PM, Michael Shiloh <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:michael@openmoko.org">michael@openmoko.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
I'd use an Arduino and hook up the sensor to the Arduino inputs. Gives<br>
you immediate access to a huge range of voltage or resistive sensors,<br>
and probably very easy to interface to I2C, OneWire, SPI, etc. sensors.<br>
Hundreds of examples on the web. Perhaps even thousands.<br>
<br>
I'm pretty sure that Arduino to FreeRunner has already been demonstrated<br>
to work. Don't forget to put your USB port in host mode, and pay<br>
attention to the power discussions on the wiki and in the archives.<br>
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lakshmikanth wrote:<br>
><br>
> I want to read data from the sensor(any) to Neo(Openmoko freerunner) with<br>
> the USB port.<br>
><br>
> Do we have any readily available chips which are compatible to Neo OS<br>
> (OM2007.2 or<br>
> what so ever) for reading the data from USB?<br>
><br>
> I have checked out CP2102, but it has drivers in rpm format.....same with<br>
> Telos chip...<br>
><br>
> Is it possible to install drivers of the format .rpm or .dep ... is there<br>
> any method to do that??<br>
><br>
> If we have to develop one such system, then what are the steps to be<br>
> followed:like which<br>
> microcontroller and peripheral chips to be used.... and how to develop<br>
> firmware for<br>
> them.<br>
><br>
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