Thread: Neo900 - finally a successor of N900
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2014-05-23 , 15:14
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#1891
Originally Posted by gta04 View Post
Latest idea we discuss in the team: add a second micro-USB socket and a FT232 converter within the Neo900. So you can access the console any time you like. With standard cables and no need to open the device. Even if you currently use the normal USB socket in OTG mode. And even use it to charge the battery in that case (no Y cable needed).

Of course, this is a quite new idea and circuitry needs to be reviewed.

-- hns
IIRC, lack of physical hole-for-a-port in N900's case was one of the arguments against some implementations of video-out. I guess that the additional microUSB wouldn't fit in any case holes that we have, so it would be for modders-use (or out-of-case), only?

Or I haven't got the "without opening the device" part - I can't imagine where 2nd microUSB port would go, in terms of N900's outer body.

/Estel
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