USB master capability for Neo1973 and new version

Harald Welte laforge at openmoko.org
Tue Oct 23 23:51:00 CEST 2007


On Tue, Oct 23, 2007 at 04:24:21PM +0200, Daniel Spies wrote:
> On Tuesday 23 October 2007 10:37:21 Harald Welte wrote:
> > On Mon, Oct 22, 2007 at 06:17:06PM +0200, Delahaye, Philippe wrote:
> > > Dear all,
> > >
> > > Thanks very much for the information about SDIO.
> > >
> > > I will be also interesting to get some information about USB. Is it
> > > possible that the Neo1973 act as a USB master in which you could
> > > connect USB slave devices?
> > > Does the hardware support it?
> >
> > yes. Even GTA01 can do that.  GTA02 adds the +5V power supply for
> > external devices
> Does this mean with GTA02 there is no need of external power for the connected 
> device any more? So we could use an USB data storage device without a powered 
> USB hub?

yes, this is true.  All you need is a special cable from mini-USB-B male
to USB-A female.

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