From: Simon L. <cr...@gm...> - 2005-12-16 13:50:49
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Hello, I was wondering if anyone knew what kind of sockets these are. Mainl= y because I'm interested in making some hardware for them, or to use them for I/O etc. However you can't really do anything unless you can interface with the connectors. I'm thinking these aren't standard sockets, but I was wondering if that was true. I could fudge the 2 serial connections using a hobby pcb kit, but the HSP would be another matter. Anyone have any suggestions on what plug to us= e in any of these sockets? Oh, btw I'm new, and interested in practicing what I've learnt at uni =3D) Nice to meet you all. >Cryxia |
From: Rob R. <ro...@re...> - 2005-12-16 16:23:22
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The 2 serial ports are a quite standard SPI protocol. I've connected SD cards to it: http://home.student.utwente.nl/r.reilink/files/IMG_4917.JPG http://home.student.utwente.nl/r.reilink/files/gcnsd8.pdf Speed is selectable between 1MHz and 27MHz. Should be easyly interfaced to chips like 4021, or 4094, A/D chips or a microcontroller with hardware slave interface like for example Atmel. ATMEGA. From there, you could hook up PS/2 KB/mouse, IR receiver, and so on. Or even better: see to program some CPLD to interface the sl811hs (or other) USB host controller efficiently. For the HSP port: I think you could try 2 pcb's glued together to get the right thickness. Make just some contact fingers on them, and solder a 3rd pcb perpendicular to it. It's interface is (seen the signal names) compatible to standard SDRAM chips. Perhaps try to hook one up to it. No clue about RAS/CAS sizes and timing. Challenging! If you need even more ideas, just ask :) Rob Simon Lam wrote: > Hello, I was wondering if anyone knew what kind of sockets these are. > Mainly because I'm interested in making some hardware for them, or to > use them for I/O etc. However you can't really do anything unless you > can interface with the connectors. > > I'm thinking these aren't standard sockets, but I was wondering if > that was true. I could fudge the 2 serial connections using a hobby > pcb kit, but the HSP would be another matter. Anyone have any > suggestions on what plug to use in any of these sockets? > > Oh, btw I'm new, and interested in practicing what I've learnt at uni =) > Nice to meet you all. > > >Cryxia |
From: Simon L. <cr...@gm...> - 2005-12-17 07:31:54
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Woah, thanks. You've helped me quite a bit. I was wondering what protocol the hsp used, and I haven't worked with sdram yet. And with regards to the connectors.. i guess... if i could find a broken GBA player... :) >Cryxia Rob Reilink wrote: > The 2 serial ports are a quite standard SPI protocol. I've connected SD > cards to it: > http://home.student.utwente.nl/r.reilink/files/IMG_4917.JPG > http://home.student.utwente.nl/r.reilink/files/gcnsd8.pdf > > Speed is selectable between 1MHz and 27MHz. Should be easyly interfaced > to chips like 4021, or 4094, A/D chips or a microcontroller with > hardware slave interface like for example Atmel. ATMEGA. From there, you > could hook up PS/2 KB/mouse, IR receiver, and so on. Or even better: see > to program some CPLD to interface the sl811hs (or other) USB host > controller efficiently. > > For the HSP port: I think you could try 2 pcb's glued together to get > the right thickness. Make just some contact fingers on them, and solder > a 3rd pcb perpendicular to it. It's interface is (seen the signal names) > compatible to standard SDRAM chips. Perhaps try to hook one up to it. No > clue about RAS/CAS sizes and timing. Challenging! > > If you need even more ideas, just ask :) > > Rob > > Simon Lam wrote: > >> Hello, I was wondering if anyone knew what kind of sockets these are. >> Mainly because I'm interested in making some hardware for them, or to >> use them for I/O etc. However you can't really do anything unless you >> can interface with the connectors. >> >> I'm thinking these aren't standard sockets, but I was wondering if >> that was true. I could fudge the 2 serial connections using a hobby >> pcb kit, but the HSP would be another matter. Anyone have any >> suggestions on what plug to use in any of these sockets? >> >> Oh, btw I'm new, and interested in practicing what I've learnt at uni =) >> Nice to meet you all. >> >> >Cryxia > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Do you grep through log > files > for problems? Stop! Download the new AJAX search engine that makes > searching your log files as easy as surfing the web. DOWNLOAD SPLUNK! > http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7637&alloc_id=16865&op=click |