USB host mode

[Ron K. Jeffries]

Thinking out loud.
When a future Freerunner has a camera,
bar code scanning could be a big deal.

key requirment: ability to focus at short distance.

Ron K. Jeffries
http://www.retaggr.com/Card/rjeffries





On Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 09:43, Andy Green <andy at openmoko.com> wrote:

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> | On 27/06/2008 15:18, Andy Green wrote:
> |
> |> It's feasible in every way except fabricating one easily.  A guy on the
> |> community list managed to do it, but my attempt ended in failure due to
> |> the moulded mini-USB plug not having accessible ID pin.
> |
> | Thanks, I'll have to research suitable mini-plug parts, this would make
> | our project cheaper than an using an iPAQ plus bluetooth barcode scanner.
> |
> |> Here's the magic commands related to USB host:
> |>
> |> ~  echo host > /sys/devices/platform/s3c2410-ohci/usb_mode
> |> ~  echo 1 > /sys/devices/platform/neo1973-pm-host.0/hostmode
> |
> | Should that last one be "echo 0"?
>
> In your case it can be, but 0 is the default situation, and as I mentioned:
>
> # you don't want to do this with a Y cable
>
> - -Andy
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