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02:19.51flybackI assume if there is a serial to usb adaptor chip
02:20.01flybackthere is a parallel/gpio/whatever to usb chip as well?
02:21.02flybackhmm ban must have reset again
02:21.43flybackthe thought of a juicebox or webpal being able to speak usb devices is very exciting
02:45.02MonMothathere's USB to just about anything...
02:45.16MonMothasince there are host/slave USB enabled micros on the market at this point
02:46.13flybackyeah but those mean an extra layer of drivers etc
02:46.25flybackwith these chips you can almost take an existing usb driver and mod it
02:46.46MonMothaum, hell you can outright clone an existing USB device with one of the USB enabled micros
02:46.51MonMothaassuming you know enough about the device
02:47.06flybackoh
02:47.08flybackwow
02:47.16flybackyeah I probably don't :(
02:47.18MonMothanto to mention that there are class standards for some types of USB devices, and if you make your device conform, it will require no drivers
02:47.28MonMothathe most common example would be the HID class, and also the mass storage class
02:47.40flybackcause the webpal is such a cute little box but limited i/o whereas if I did usb it would be a lot more useful
02:48.08MonMothafor that, you want USB host
02:48.26MonMothathe easiest way to do that is chuck one of those embedded USB hosts that's already supported by linux into the ISA space
02:48.31MonMothae.g. on a custom ISA card
02:48.43flybackyeah it woudl have to be very custom
02:48.47MonMothanot really
02:48.50flybacklike 1 irq only 1 i/o port no dma
02:48.50MonMothathose things are pretty easy to talk to
02:48.56flybackcause the webpal has a very limited isa bus
02:49.13MonMothayes, and those USB hosts are usually designed to be dangled off bare-bones IO ports anyway
02:49.20flybackcool!
02:49.35flybackwonder if they have a parallel port one that can use ecp dma
02:49.53MonMothawhich wy do you want to go here?
02:49.57MonMothayou want to give the webpal USB host?
02:50.04MonMothaor do you want to make a USB slave device
02:50.09MonMothait's a totally different problem
02:50.29flybackI want the webpal to eb able to like use usb flash drives etc
02:50.58MonMothathen you need to give the webpal USB host
02:51.11MonMothathat's a completely separate problem from providing things like a parallel port via USB
02:51.24flybackno dude
02:51.35flybackI was saying use the parallel port on the webpal
02:51.38flybackas a i./o source
02:51.49MonMothaok, you'll have trouble gettign enough throughput
02:51.49flybackand since I think it supports ecp dma mode it could be less cpu usage
02:51.53flybackoh nm then
02:51.56MonMothathat port isn't designed to be cycled that fast
02:51.57flybackthought it might be better
02:51.59flybackforget it
02:52.00MonMothaEPP mode is much easier, too
02:52.00flybackthx :)
02:52.18MonMothaECP requires some weird handshaking that pretty much requires that your device have been designed for ECP mode
02:52.28flybackthat's what I was saying
02:52.41flybackI wondered if someone make a usb chip that connected to a parallel port via ecp
02:53.08MonMothadoubtful
02:54.13MonMothayou should be able to easily dangle an SL811HS off the ISA bus, and just use some 74 series for IRQ arbitration
02:54.20MonMothaonly required linux code would be IRQ handling
02:54.42MonMothaother option would be to mod the ISA slot to have more than one IRQ, which is popular (especially since the IRQ line that's wired up to it is the wrong kind anyway)
02:55.03flybackyeah but with my shakey hands I would destroy the board :/
02:55.12MonMothaso have somebody else build it for you
02:55.17flybackmabye i'll do what I planned to before before I whimped out
02:55.20MonMothathere's all kinds of board assembly houses out there
02:55.22flybacktrade someone some parts they want
02:55.25flybackto do some soldering for me
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