USB
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USB Host Support
Random notes about using the iPod as USB host, i.e., attaching USB devices to it.
- The PP5020 (brief overview (http://www.portalplayer.com/products/documents/5020_Brief_0108_Public.pdf)) and the PP5021C-TDF chips implement the USB host, the USB device, and the USB On-The-Go (OTG) specification. USB host support should make it possible to attach any USB device to the iPod, as long as there are kernel drivers for them in iPodLinux.
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PortalPlayer's Personal Media Player: Photo Edition Platform Features USB 2.0 Transceiver Technology from Innovative Semiconcuctors News Brief (http://www.usb.org/press/pressroom/2004_01_12_portalplayer.pdf)
- ISI-210 (http://www.innovative-semi.com/products/datasheets/ISI-210.pdf) I am am pretty sure this what is used on the 5th gen.
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Use Cases
The list of devices you could attach to the iPod is endless, and so is the list of possible use cases.
- Bluetooth dongles
- WLAN dongles
- Webcams
- External USB hard drives
- USB keyboards, mice, joysticks
- usbnet (http://www.linux-usb.org/usbnet/)
- GPS receivers
- USB printers
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Current Status
Not working.
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See Also
- Task #93 — USB/Firewire host support (http://ipodlinux.org/requests/?do=details&id=93)
- Apple iPod Camera Connector (http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore?productLearnMore=M9861G%2FA)
