Re: N800 USB Host Mode Experiment
 

Sounds awesome and feasible. Can it please be for the N810 though? :)

Re: N800 USB Host Mode Experiment
 

for the n810 it is the same principle - the only difference is that you dont need the mini usb adapter:)

Re: N800 USB Host Mode Experiment
 

Please help me understand the pinouts. Take a look at this link USB pinout.

The N800 has an USB mini connector on the side under the stand (third image from top on left side). A USB peripheral like a flash drive has a USB male "A" (top image on left side). So the adapter must have a mini B male on one end and a full size A on the other right?

Is it grounding the 5th pin marked "x" in the diagrams that tells the N800 to go into host mode?

I think so according to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USB_OTG
David

Re: N800 USB Host Mode Experiment
 

Hi,

this host mode support is really great. I just successfully used my i2c-tiny-usb (http://www.harbaum.org/till/i2c_tiny_usb/) to my n800. And with the libusb already pre-installed it was a matter of seconds to get the demo app running on the n800 and having it access the i2c-interface chips and do some LED blinking.

BUT: I have sporadic resets. Not only with my USB hardware but also with e.g. a prolific usb/rs232 converter. I don't even have to run my own drivers or so. A simple "lsusb" will at a 1/3 chance make the n800 reboot.

Has anyone experienced this as well?

Re: N800 USB Host Mode Experiment
 

Any errors in dmesg output?

Re: N800 USB Host Mode Experiment
 

Anybody tried DVB-T usb-sticks?

If they are working, they would make the n8x0 to a more perfect device, than I imagined.

Re: N800 USB Host Mode Experiment
 

I've not tried, but maybe after compiling modules, compiling mplayer with tv/v4l/whatever support, etc. it might be possible.

Here's a list of USB DVB-T cards supported in Linux:
http://www.linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/DVB-T_USB_Devices

Re: N800 USB Host Mode Experiment
 

Just got my USB adapters.... tried wiht a USB card reader and works perfect.

Also, for sake of fun, I also hooked up my second N800 to my first N800 as mass storage device and it worked! (It didn't even complain unsupported device... :D)

Is that running two N800 in SLI or Crossfire... :rolleyes::cool:

Re: N800 USB Host Mode Experiment
 

Does anyone have a USB-VGA adaptor. This would be interesting :)
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/New-USB-VGA-Ad...QQcmdZViewItem

Re: N800 USB Host Mode Experiment
 

I doubt the n800 has enugh horsepower to decode an mpeg stream at full resolution (though I'm used to satellite edit: and I know I have to transcode that, feeding the stream directly to the n800 doesn't work, maybe dvb-t with lower bitrate could work).
And usually these sticks draws a lot more power than the ~100mA that the n800 can supposedly deliver.