Re: USB chip

[Mike Maginnis <maginnis@computist-project.net>]

On 7 Oct 2006 13:10:30 -0700, "A2Pro" <a2@wilserv.com> wrote:

>Hi!
>
>    Below my sig is an excerpt from a message posted to the CBM-hackers
>list.  A question for the hardware gurus on this list: would this chip
>make it easy to come up with a USB interface card for the Apple II
>line?
>
>Willi
>
>Message excerpt:
>"A friend of mine recently told me about the MAX3421E from Maxim
><http://www.maxim-ic.com/quick_view2.cfm/qv_pk/3639>.
>He ordered some samples, but the estimated delivery time is in March
>2007.
>Also, there are virtually no programming examples yet.
>
>The chip implements a USB interface, and it is controlled via SPI bus.
>It seems to support enough primitives to implement any USB protocol.
>With some restrictions, it can even play a USB master.  Possible
>applications of that could be connecting a USB mouse, keyboard,
>memory stick, or a USB-equipped PC to a microcontroller, which would
>in turn emulate some Commodore peripheral."

If you haven't already, you might talk to Jeri Ellsworth.  I know she
was working on a USB project at one point.

Mike Maginnis
maginnis@computist-project

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