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V3 USB Driver and Phone tools installation

admin — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 23:26:12 +0000

This video describes the installation of the V3 razor through USB cable using a windows computer and the installation of phone tools to manage, edit and sycronize your contacts, photos, videos and more on your RAZR
the drivers can be downloaded in the following link:

http://www.hacktherazr.com/guide.setup.usb.html

The above link is dead, I found a new link with a lot more drivers, RAZR V3 RIZR Z3 KRZR K3 ext. http://www.nodevice.com/driver/company/Motorola.html
Here is the link to purchase the Motorola Phone Tools:

http://www.store.motorola.com/mot/en/US/adirect/motorola?cmd=catDisplayStyle&catKey=600960

This is another link from a trusted source thanks to theawddrifter http://www.wirelessground.com/momiusbmopht.html

Duration : 0:8:53

wiimote + Linux (Ubuntu Feisty) + espelmes IR

admin — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 23:26:11 +0000

Wiimote running as a mouse in Ubuntu using wmd drivers. http://www.forthewiin.org, and Belkin USB Bluetooth adapter (F8T012) and candles as a IR sources. Les espelmes fan de font de infrarojos per “orientar” al wiimote

Duration : 0:0:55

Bluetooth File Transfer NOW AVAILABLE TO iPHONE – genuine, iBLUETOOTH Application

admin — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 19:00:36 +0000

The iBluetooth application was released on Cydia today and enables bluetooth file transfer for the first time on the iPhone. I’ve tested it and it seems to work perfectly at sending photos to my Dell Laptop with a Belkin bluetooth dongle.

Apologies again for the poor quality of this video, i just wanted to get it up on here as quickly as possible

Duration : 0:2:4

Mini Black 2.4G Bluetooth V2.0 EDR USB Dongle Wireless Adapter

admin — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 19:00:35 +0000

http://www.chinabuye.com/mini-black-2-4g-bluetooth-v2-0-edr-usb-dongle-wireless-adapter
Quick Overview
This black Bluetooth dongle is a quick, easy and cheap solution for customers who want to have a Bluetooth plug-on module to their PC or Laptop, giving it the ability to communicate with any peripheral. Compliant with Bluetooth V2.0.

Duration : 0:0:35

Guitar Link USB usage & Device Driver settings (i.e. latency fix)

admin — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 22:32:17 +0000

This video describes how to conect the Guitar Link USB also where and how to change the device driver settings to fix issues such as latency…

Duration : 0:2:30

Windows XP USB Driver

admin — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 14:03:39 +0000

http://www.squidoo.com/windows-xp-usb-driver . Solve your usb driver compatibility issue on your windows system. Either you are searching for printer, webcam, laptop, hanphone, modem, motherboard or even your mouse, keyboard & etc USB Driver? Feel free to surf at my site. You could instantly download & update the latest USb drivers.

Duration : 0:0:35

Get Connected – Tech Look – Belkin Bluetooth USB Adapter

admin — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 14:03:38 +0000

Episode 22 – Segment 3

Get Connected host Mike Agerbo takes a look at the Belkin Bluetooth USB Adapter, a device to help connect a wireless keyboard, mouse or any other Bluetooth device.

Duration : 0:1:48

wiimote + Linux (Ubuntu Feisty)

admin — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 12:01:52 +0000

Wiimote running as a mouse in Ubuntu using wmd drivers. http://www.forthewiin.org, and Belkin USB Bluetooth adapter (F8T012)

http://musa.poperbu.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=32&Itemid=1

Duration : 0:0:54

USB Wifi Adapter Antenna

admin — Wed, 26 May 2010 14:07:00 +0000

This Wifi adapter didnt have good range, so i added up an antenna which helped alot.

Duration : 0:0:53

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High Speed 3 Port USB 2.0 Hub

admin — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 14:36:48 +0000

Novel, convenient office USB 3 Port Hub for computer desk.
Source:
http://www.sourcingmap.com/pocket-gray-high-speed-port-usb-hub-for-laptop-p-20607.html

Duration : 0:1:9

How can I Install The USB Driver for my Handycam in the Vista os?

admin — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 09:14:52 +0000

I am unable to install the usb driver in vista from the cd provited by sony . is there any way i can download pictures from handycam.

Go to the support area at sony.com. Search with your camera’s model number. Go to the camcorder’s page – there will be a note on Vista compatibility.

Micro-Bluetooth USB Adapter TBW-106UB

admin — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 23:29:04 +0000

Product Spotlight – Micro-Bluetooth USB Adapter TBW-106UB Presented Catherine.

The Micro Bluetooth USB Adapter (Model TBW-106UB) networks Bluetooth enabled devices such as cell phones, keyboards and headsets.

The size of a penny, simply plug this micro-device into an available USB port on your laptop or desktop and experience exceptional Bluetooth connectivity.

Connect as many as 7 Bluetooth devices at distances of up to 100m (328ft). Enhanced Data Rate (EDR) technology transfers your data quickly. Adaptive Frequency Hopping (AFH) minimizes interference from other wireless technologies. This compact device also provides secure encrypted data communication.

Duration : 0:1:4

How do I find a USB driver?

admin — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 09:13:10 +0000

I’m having trouble with all the USB ports on my PC. It’s an older PC, but it has Windows XP on it. In my system, it says my devices are working properly, but when I connect things to the ports, it tells me I have new hardware and my computer prompts me for my installation CD. I no longer have the original XP disk because I didn’t download it myself. Is there a way for me to find some other driver that can help me? The system says there’s nothing wrong with the reports but I can’t transfer files from my usb stick, put any music on my cellphone, or do anything else that requires a USB connection. I’ve been on Microsoft’s site for the better part of the day. I’ve updated my computer a few times but it hasn’t helped. Went to Intel’s site because they manufactured ports, but they sent me back to Microsoft. What else can I do to get my ports working? I don’t have the XP disk, so I can’t look to that for help.

There is a possibility it is not the port. Read this.

Problem With USB Port – Can’t Reinstall USB Device – Plug & Play Problem
- With Windows Plug & Play feature, Windows is supposed to recognize any device plugged into a USB port — the problem is after it recognizes something once, Plug & Play will never again try to install that device. You need to erase all memory of the device (printer etc) from the computer.
- Right-click on My Computer, cl Properties, click Hardware, click Device Manager.
- Click on the plus sign next to “Universal Serial Bus.” Look for the problem device’s name and right-click. Now Remove. Restart and reinstall.
Source: Article by James Coates, Chicago Tribune.

Note: I found that if I did not go through the “safely remove” procedure before unplugging a USB device, the computer did not recognize another item. I had to reinsert the first item, “safely remove,” then plug in another item. This must be like shutting down for USBs.

Fix LibUSB / Apple USB Driver USB Lockup Vista 64bit

admin — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 09:13:28 +0000

I have figured the way to fix the problem with a lot of users that could save themselves from reinstalling their PC’s again. Please comment.

Duration : 0:1:45

Unboxing the Belkin Mini Bluetooth Adapter

admin — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 13:34:46 +0000

Belkin Mini Bluetooth Adapter * Class 2; 10M

In this video I unbox the Belkin Mini Bluetooth Adapter which I bought from amazon.co.uk for £8.21.

Product Features and Technical Details
Product Features
Uses standard v2.0 + EDR and USB 2.0 to provide optimal performance
Distance range of up to 10 metres
Data rates of up to 3Mbps
Works with most devices enabled with Bluetooth technology
Windows XP or Windows Vista
Technical Details

Main Specifications
Product Description: Belkin Mini Bluetooth Adapter – network adapter
Device Type: Network adapter
Form Factor: External
Interface (Bus) Type: USB
Data Link Protocol: Bluetooth 2.1 EDR
Bluetooth Class: Class 2
Data Transfer Rate: 3 Mbps
Frequency Band: 2.4 GHz
Compliant Standards: Bluetooth 2.1
Colour: Black
System Requirements: Apple MacOS X 10.2 or later, Microsoft Windows 98/ME/2000/XP, Microsoft Windows Vista
Extended Specifications

General
Device Type: Network adapter

Expansion / Connectivity
Interfaces: 1 x network – Bluetooth
Connections: 1 x USB – 4 PIN USB Type A

Networking
Data Link Protocol: Bluetooth 2.1 EDR
Compliant Standards: Bluetooth 2.1

Product Description
Manufacturer’s Description
Stays connected to your laptop for quick and easy Bluetooth connections.This small adapter simply plugs into one of your laptop’s USB ports, quickly connecting you to the latest Bluetooth wireless technology. The Mini Bluetooth Adapter communicates with mice, headsets, printers, phones, and other devices enabled with Bluetooth technology.

Box Contents

Belkin Mini Bluetooth Adapter * Class 2

10M

Product Description
KEY USB BLUETOOTH

Duration : 0:4:36

HP full feature printer driver install in Windows XP (USB)

admin — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 12:46:48 +0000

This video shows the process for downloading and installing a full featured printer driver. When you download your software, you can choose between a full and basic version of the software. The full featured driver is much larger, but is strongly recommended. This shows installing the HP PSC 1315, but the instructions are the same for many HP inkjet printers.

www.hp.com/supportvideos

Duration : 0:4:41

Where can I find a file to make a floppy USB Boot Driver disk?

admin — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 12:09:30 +0000

I formatted and partitioned my disk just the way I like it. But, I fairly positive my CD drive is bad, Ubuntu won’t install from the disk. I want to make a USB boot disk, but my computer won’t boot to USB. I’ve seen Microsoft offer a download of a driver that you can write to a floppy that redirects the boot operation to the CD drive. Is there a way to make a floppy driver that will let my computer boot to USB?

Micro Bluetooth USB Dongle – Installing drivers on 32bit Vista Service Pack 2

admin — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 14:20:23 +0000

This dongle cost me £2 on Amazon,( look for ‘MICRO BLUETOOTH USB DONGLE – SUPPORT VISTA’ ) and is Plug and Play – it installs easily, BUT DON’T BE FOOLED – it looks like you need the BLUETOOTH PERIPHERAL DEVICE driver, BUT YOU DON’T – when it FAILS to install, IT DOESN’T MATTER…
The second video shows the SENDING and RECEIVING of files….

Duration : 0:7:48

USB 1.x Electrical Interface

admin — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 19:09:56 +0000

With all of its sophisticated error checking and correcting, a USB cable wouldn’t be of much use if its electrical signals were not up to scratch. So a lot of work has been done to make sure that the transfer of data is reliable by paying attention to the cable construction, its shielding and physical characteristics. Of course, if you are a normal user, all you have to do is use compliant cables. But if you are involved in creating USB devices, you probably want to know more.

We will just talk about the original USB 1.x low and full speed signaling. The rise and fall times are different for each speeds. The signal transmitters and receivers are also different for each speed. Interestingly enough, the USB cable must be able to withstand the shorting of any of the two signal lines without damage to the receiver and transmitter hardware on each line.

An electrical path between a USB device and an “upstream” hub is called a segment. The upstream term is used because USB is organized as a tree with the desktop computer host as the root. This means that you can also have a hub connected to an “upstream” hub on a segment. The lowest segment determines the data rate to the desktop computer host. A low speed data rate can be carried on a higher speed segment, it’s just at a lower rate. You can’t have a high-speed rate carried by a low speed segment.

There are several electrical differences between low and full speed. First is the rate. Low speed is 1.5 Mbs and full speed is 12 Mbs. Another difference is that low speed is inverted compared to full speed. That is a logic “1” has its voltage reversed on the USB D+ and D- lines (data) compared to a “1” on full speed. Thirdly, The slow speed has a longer rise time on its pulse’s edges. This allows for less signal reflection on the cable and allows you to have thinner, cheaper cables without shielding like you see with keyboards and mice.

Creating a USB Driver with a Toolkit

admin — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 17:33:57 +0000

There are two software packages that allow you to quickly create a USB driver by automating lot of the work for you as much as possible. They are from Jungo and Compuware NuMega. One thing to note is the USB toolkit software seems to take two different routes in generating a functioning USB driver. One way is to create a very generic driver that just handles the very basic USB communication and thus builds a specialized device only or a device specific driver that runs in the user mode of your operating system along with its corresponding INF file for install. The other type of tool kit provides you as the programmer libraries to call in helping you write a custom driver for your device.

Not a lot of programming is needed for the generic type of driver and it is quite fast to put together. But the downside is that it can’t handle every situation you might use it for. The other type of USB driver that uses programming libraries is more flexible and takes more time because you have to do the C programming.

Jungo’s WinDriver toolkit is the user mode type and really requires no programming at all. You simply fill in the details in its Driver Wizard and you get files that you can compile and build a custom user mode driver in one executable file. The user mode driver works by communicating with Jungo’s provided kernel mode driver, which does the low level driver work. An install INF file is also created. Your application can use the built driver by using device specific functions. You can also test device before you create the USB driver with the WinDriver Device Wizard. Jungo also has a way in which you can get faster performance by moving some of your generated programming code into its kernel mode driver by use of their kernel plug ins. There is a Linux version of WinDriver.

There are two products for creating custom drivers. They are CompuWare’s DriverWorks and Jungo’s Kernel Driver USB. You fill in the details in both toolkit’s programming Wizards and they create template code that will compile into a driver. You have to have some knowledge of the toolkit’s code libraries to do what you want, but the final result is much more efficient and as fast as if the USB driver were written from scratch with the Windows Driver Device Development Kit (DDK).

Resource links:

Programming the Microsoft Driver Model (book)
Jungo
NuMega Wikipedia page

USB Transfer Tutorial

Dual Monitor Video Card

admin — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 15:42:04 +0000

If you’re like me, you going to want to have more video desktop space at certain times. Even if your computer or laptop has two video ports, sometimes just being able to add another low update rate video screen to show extra web pages or text can be very helpful. When it comes to dual monitor video cards, USB is definitely the way to go because you don’t have to open up your computer to add a PCI card. The downside is the USB bus is not going to transfer at the rate of your computers internal bus. Also some specialized software like DVD play back may have trouble using these unusual video devices created by the custom USB drivers.

There are some product choices for these particular types of USB adapters. Such a device is in theory a video device but not in the same class of the more standardized video capture USB class that you would have with webcams and USB video inputs. So default drivers written by the operating system can’t be used. Instead, a customized driver has to be written for the operating system so that the dual monitor video card device appears as an extra video screen. Because of this, don’t expect these devices to work under Linux unless the manufacture specifically creates a driver. To a lesser extent Apple OSX might or might not have drivers.

A good example of a dual monitor video card is the Matrox Dualhead2go. This device allows you get two extra desktop screens including the exiting output from your notebook or desktop. For more money there is a TripleHead2go version with three VGA outputs. Matrox has written drivers for the devices for windows 2000, XP, and Vista. The Mac OS drivers show OSX 10.4 and 10.5. They also list Linux drivers but I seem not to be able to find a link to download those on their website, so it is possible that it is a open source project found elsewhere.

Another cheaper device is the StarTech USB2VGA adapter. There seems to be Windows 2000, XP, vista, and window 7 drivers written for it, and creates one extra VGA output screen per adapter. Interestingly, the USB driver is written to run up to five additional displays for more USB2VGA devices you plug in. You can also just mirror your existing display if you want. Don’t expect to use these external displays for video streams. You can only do so much with the USB speed and CPU load with these types of dual monitor video cards. No Apple OSX drivers. StarTech also has a DVI version called USB2DVI, which is more expensive.

Here is an example video of using more than two monitors:

USB Transfer Tutorial

admin — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 14:28:59 +0000

There are two main categories of USB communication; the first is the exchange used in enumerating the device, and after that, secondly, the transfer used by applications that perform the device’s purpose. During this start up phase of USB, called enumeration, the host first finds out details about the USB device and prepares it for the later exchanging of data. Then application data transfer happens when the host transfers back and forth the data that you are going to use the device for. As an example, lets consider a keyboard device; the running host application gets the sending of keypress data to then display this character on the screen in your word processor. This all happens after the enumeration phase where the host figures out that it is a keyboard and it gets character data.

So, during the enumeration process, if the device has a microcontroller, its programming has to check for requests from the host. The device then has to identify each request and send back the requested information plus do other things asked by the host as requests. For example if you have a joystick, the host would ask how many buttons or knobs exist and the device would send that back.

Now on PC’s, Windows does the enumeration, so the user doesn’t have do any programming. But to finish up the enumeration when you first attach the device, Windows has to find a particular INF file that indentifies the file name and location of its USB device driver. As you probably know, if the required files are found, the programming of the device’s microcontroller functions correctly, and the enumeration process is done seamlessly behind the users back with out them having to do anything.

This is why a lot of times you have warning messages on packages of new hardware asking you to load from the CD first the USB device drivers before inserting the device. What happens otherwise is Windows goes out and gets a default driver for your device that maybe is just a minimal functioning one rather than the enhanced one written by the manufacturer that you really need.

After the host has transferred back and forth the device enumeration details with the USB device and a device driver is assigned to it and loaded, the application can now start to communicate. The programs running on the host can use standard Windows API calls or other popular Windows components to read and write to the device ultimately using the device driver.

Looking at the device’s microcontroller programming, transferring data usually involves either placing data to send in the controller’s transmit buffer or retrieving received data from its receive buffer. The controller has flags that tell when either type of transfer has completed ensuring that everything is ready for the next transfer. The microcontroller also has to be programmed to handle exceptional conditions such as error handling and other events like the low power sleep mode.

There are four types of data transfers, control, interrupt, bulk, and isochronous. Each type of USB device class such as keyboard, external hard drive, or video capture device uses these data transfers types to achieve different needed results. A time critical video device would use isochronous transfers with their fast delivery and data drop out if necessary. While a hard drive storage class uses bulk just to get the data transferred without worrying about time but verifying that things got transferred ok. A keyboard or mouse uses the interrupt transfer for small bits of data with less critical timing as that of say a USB video device.

Interesting USB To I2C Bridge Project

admin — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:15:44 +0000

i2c usb project board

Here is and interesting FTDI project blog involving interfacing an IO board from a pc using rs232 to i2c conversion. It involves the FT2232D chip of the new FTDI USB generation. The fellow tried to order a development kit but his order never came through so he had to cancel it. Instead he created a hardware board to interface to an i2c IO board that he had.

This design, although its performance it not that fantastic, lets you cheaply interface a PC computer running Linux, windows or OSX with any customized external board that uses a i2c bus as communication. Be aware of the fact that this only works with the newer series of FTDI named 2232C or 2232D.

In using the FTDI chips D2XX mode, which is meant for lower level design and special modes, there are a set of files named ftd2xx.dll, ftd2xx.lib, and ftd2xx.h that are the minimum files that you need to start making FTDI programs with visual studio.

Also he found that if you want to create an interface to an i2c bus, you must also download an extra development package called MPSSE. Since most people use the Virtual Comport (VCP) mode of the FTDI, this shows that there are other modes of the FTDI chipset.

Another project involves the latest FTDI chipset series 2232H. This chip has 4096 buffers on board and is capable of 4 megabits per second.

Increasing your FTDI Chip’s Efficiency

Convert to USB Items on the Web- September 29, 2009

admin — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 12:24:41 +0000

TECHNO LIFE Introduction to FTDI bitbang mode

September 29, 2009

Diamond USB Display Adapter Pro Review — The Gadgeteer

September 29, 2009

Point Grey Debut the First USB 3.0 Webcam with Sony CMOS Sensor …

September 29, 2009

Seagate FreeAgent DockStar Network Adapter [Works With FreeAgent …

September 29, 2009

USB Isolation – Hack a Day

September 29, 2009

Apple Support Discussions Multiple USB Audio Outputs

September 29, 2009

Apple Bloog » Blog Archive » USB Audio Driver 2.0.2 – Make your …

September 29, 2009

Where is the USB connector on my 2009 Civic Hybrid?

admin — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 10:27:59 +0000

I have a brand new Honda Civic Hybrid (ES with Leather model) and I can’t find the USB connector? I’m told it should have one – can anyone help? No related posts. No related posts.

SCSI to USB Adapter Cable Use with Scanners.

admin — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 12:59:38 +0000

Here is an example of a USB to SCSI adapter. It has an advertised max transfer
rate of 1.2MB/sec, which is almost the USB 1.1 interface rate (i.e. not taking advantage of USB 2.0). If you were using a scanner, the transfer rate is low enough, to perhaps cause the scanner to enter start/stop mode (scanner stops while data buffer empties, increasing scan time).

http://www.coolgear.com/images/326605pro.jpg

The DB-25 option is something that Apple used to use. Typically this
is Async SCSI and 8 bit, running at a pretty low speed (5M/sec to 6M/sec,
with max speed proportional to cable length, due to how data strobing
works). Old scanning devices are seldom cable limited, and a scanner
with Mac DB-25 interface runs between 1 and 2MB/sec. The Coolgear example,
looks to have a DH50 connector.

http://www.datapro.net/techinfo/scsi_doc.html

Podcast Alley

admin — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 23:01:31 +0000

My Podcast Alley feed! {pca-0c6d153ec39674783dab4846ab5e06c8}

No related posts.

Convert to USB Shared Items – September 12, 2009

admin — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 11:08:39 +0000

Logitec USB To DVI Dongle: Turn USB port into another DVI port …

September 8, 2009

iPhone digital television via USB

September 8, 2009

USB / Midi knob controller support – Ham Radio Deluxe Support Forums

September 8, 2009

Serial over IP Network – Network Serial Port – Serial over Ethernet

September 8, 2009

Using Multiple USB Audio Devices in Garageband | Adam Weiss: Podcast Consultant

September 8, 2009

A nation of Civic-minded people

September 8, 2009
- Inside the console there is a USB audio interface,

Everything You Need to Know About USB 3.0

September 8, 2009

USB 2.0 vs Firewire Audio Interfaces | Home Computer Recording

September 8, 2009

Install Windows 7 on your Portable Device and Increase Battery …

September 8, 2009

No ISA USB Expansion Card Exsists for Old Computers.

admin — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 11:54:18 +0000

photo credit: yoppy

It seems to be a common question, can my old 486 or Pentium machine be expanded to have USB using its ISA bus? The answer is no because even the low speed USB 1X would overwhelm the transfer rate of the ISA bus.

Convert to USB Shared Items – September 5, 2009

admin — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 22:18:11 +0000

Output VGA Video Via USB Ports « Hdmi Cable

September 5, 2009

SuperSpeed USB 3.0 Being Certified and Coming Soon | The Fiery Source

September 5, 2009

Blue Microphones Snowball

September 5, 2009

Processing 1.0 talking to ftdi chips in bit bang modedll

September 5, 2009

USB to LCD as Message Pump

September 5, 2009

Convert to USB Shared Items – September 3, 2009

admin — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 11:09:49 +0000

36 Audio Interfaces Under $1000 – Audiotuts+

August 27, 2009

USB Audio Streamer

August 27, 2009
- Cool PIC Project

Convert to USB Shared Items – August 27, 2009

admin — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 12:02:24 +0000

Lindy Wireless USB Audio Sender 12 Aug 2009 Computeractive

August 27, 2009

How to hack your cell phone to charge on USB | Video « Wonder How To

August 27, 2009

On a 2009 Honda Civic where is the iPod USB port?

admin — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 11:59:20 +0000

I think it’s supposed to be in the center compartment but it doesn’t seem to be there. Maybe it doesn’t have it but under the AC controls it says MP3 WMP so I don’t know.

It’s right under the cigarette lighter. It has a little rubber plug in it so it can be hard to miss.

Does the original ipod color (photo) work with the ’09 Honda Civic USB audio interface?

admin — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 11:59:20 +0000

Yep, I’ve used my ipod photo on my sister’s ’09 Civic. You need the white apple USB cord (they one you use to put songs on it/ charge it) and that plugs into the female USB outlet in the center armrest. powered by Yahoo Answers Related posts:Where is the USB connector on my 2009 Civic [...] Related posts:

Best posts on Convert To USB from Jun 2009

admin — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 05:00:00 +0000

Too many posts to handle? If you missed out on a great post from last month, here’s a quick digest of the top posts that you may want to check out:

Using a Microphone With Your Mac (MacMost Now 248)
Posted on Saturday, June 13th, 2009 in USB audio device – Comments: (0)

http://macmost.com/ The line-in input on your Mac isn’t meant for a microphone. Instead, you’ll need a USB audio interface. Learn about them and what type of microphone is used to make MacMost Now.

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Best posts on Convert To USB from May 2009

admin — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 05:00:00 +0000

Too many posts to handle? If you missed out on a great post from last month, here’s a quick digest of the top posts that you may want to check out:

Iogear GCS661U USB Laptop KVM Switch
Posted on Sunday, May 3rd, 2009 in Video to USB – Comments: (0)

The USB Laptop KVM with File Transfer is the latest innovation from IOGEAR, combining easy switching and convenient file transferring between two computers. It allows the user to seamlessly control a second computer with a laptop as the console. It is ideal for people who own a laptop and an older desktop PC and wish to keep using both for various functions or applications.
Unboxing:M-Audio USB audio interface
Posted on Sunday, May 10th, 2009 in USB audio device – Comments: (0)

READ ME:http://ustream.tv/davidmoreen – I unbox a new toy that I got at guitar center!!Also cheak out this real money making site, http://tinyurl.
USB MIDI Interface
Posted on Monday, May 18th, 2009 in usb midi interface – Comments: (0)

Connecting a USB MIDI interface between a computer and a music keyboard.

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Best posts on Convert To USB from Apr 2009

admin — Fri, 01 May 2009 05:00:00 +0000

Too many posts to handle? If you missed out on a great post from last month, here’s a quick digest of the top posts that you may want to check out:

Can I use any USB wireless adapters for my xbox 360?
Posted on Sunday, April 19th, 2009 in Adapters to usb – Comments: (3)

I am tired of bridging my connection from my laptop, and I certainly do not want to spend like one hundred dollars on the first party xbox wireless adapter.What alternatives are there?If any USB wireless adapters work, do i have to recode them to work on the 360 or what?plz give me some choices.No. The only one that will work is the $99 one.
Convert to USB Shared Items – April 2, 2009
Posted on Thursday, April 2nd, 2009 in Uncategorized – Comments: (0)

*USB Midi* Device from old Gamepad on Flickr – Photo Sharing!March 31, 2009- Nice picture of a DIY usb project.The History of USB « LINDY UK BlogMarch 31, 2009- Interesting that Phillips were responsible for USB Audio.How to modify a USB Flash Drive | News & Reviews for USB devicesMarch 31, 2009- Case modding for usb flash drives. Pull the electronics out of a usb thumb drive and put in in a pez dispenser.
Honda USB Audio Interface – does it work with thumb drives?
Posted on Tuesday, April 28th, 2009 in USB audio device – Comments: (1)

I'm thinking about buying a 2009 Honda Civic EX, and was wondering if you have to use an MP3 player or if you could just plug in your songs loaded on a USB thumb drive.Yes, it will work. That is the easiest way to show customers instead of carrying an iPod with you.

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Convert to USB Shared Items – April 23, 2009

admin — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 11:02:42 +0000

Any idea's for a buffer? – Electronic Circuits Projects Diagrams Free

April 21, 2009
- Simple project using FTDI chip to analog output to control a light-show.

*USB Video* (USBware Components)

April 21, 2009
- USB video class driver now available from Jungo for developers of embedded devices.

Pegasus USBtoEthernet adaptor not recognised – Hackint0sh

April 21, 2009
- Getting a Pegasus chip set based usb device working on a Hackintosh.

RE: Useless

April 21, 2009
- “The whole USB audio thing is flaky and won’t ever give you the performance of a firewire audio device.” ?!

*USB* Mics: Ready for Prime Time?

April 21, 2009
- Nice, higher end microphones that are usb are now available.

SIIG USB SoundWave 7.1 – Sound card – 7.1 – USB / Output Devices *…*

April 21, 2009
- Small usb thumbdrive like stick for audio.

Alesis TapeLink *USB*

April 21, 2009
- Tape deck for importing your cassette tapes to your computer.

Can I use any USB wireless adapters for my xbox 360?

admin — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 19:10:29 +0000

I am tired of bridging my connection from my laptop, and I certainly do not want to spend like one hundred dollars on the first party xbox wireless adapter.

What alternatives are there?

If any USB wireless adapters work, do i have to recode them to work on the 360 or what?

plz give me some choices.

No. The only one that will work is the $99 one. That's why they charge so much for it.

Convert to USB Shared Items – April 16, 2009

admin — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 11:06:27 +0000

Apple *USB Ethernet* Adapter

April 15, 2009
- I noticed in the comments that this apple ethernet product has no link led.

Dr. Dobb's | Bug Labs BUG Update | April 3, 2009

April 15, 2009
- Bug Board’s use of a USB to ethernet adapter to connect.

BeagleBoard in a box » Marcin Juszkiewicz

April 15, 2009
- Example of using a BeagleBoard

Laptop Video-In – Blue Room technical forum

April 15, 2009
- Interesting that many USB devices won’t work either at all or at full speed in Parallels in mac OSX.

MATRIXSYNTH: HOW TO – Wireless MIDI using 2 Xbees

April 15, 2009
- Interesting USB project using 2 wireless Xbee modules and FTDI for virtual comport.

Convert to USB Shared Items – April 9, 2009

admin — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 11:01:34 +0000

Luke's Weblog – USB

April 8, 2009
- The Apple USB-ethernet dongle is internally based on a ASIX 88772A chip. This does not implement the USB CDC class but does it own thing.

USB port on FPGA – How is data transmitted? – FPGA Groups

April 8, 2009
- A person attempting to implement a USB video stack on a FPGA.

Older machines can use webcams

April 8, 2009
- Apparently not all webcams implement the USB Video Class, but if they do you can use in on your recent iMac

Logitech Orbit Webcam on Kubuntu Hardy… « Linux Free Trade Zone

April 8, 2009
- Example of the USB Video Class in the linux kernel.

Make a Sneaky USB Battery | News & Reviews for USB devices

April 8, 2009
- Take out the guts of a battery and put a usb thumb drive inside. DIY project.

Desperately Need Help Finding a Good DVD Player With a Usb Port *…*

April 8, 2009
- DVD player that uses USB port for playback of files.

[PATCH] USB: serial: add *FTDI* FT4232H ID — Linux USB

April 8, 2009
- Looks like they added another new device FTDI_4232H_PID “quad channel hi-speed” to the linux FTDI device driver

Convert to USB Shared Items – April 2, 2009

admin — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 11:02:33 +0000

*USB Midi* Device from old Gamepad on Flickr – Photo Sharing!

March 31, 2009
- Nice picture of a DIY usb project.

The History of USB « LINDY UK Blog

March 31, 2009
- Interesting that Phillips were responsible for USB Audio.

How to modify a USB Flash Drive | News & Reviews for USB devices

March 31, 2009
- Case modding for usb flash drives. Pull the electronics out of a usb thumb drive and put in in a pez dispenser. YouTube video.

Serial interface converter cables

March 31, 2009
- RS-485 to USB cables from FTDI.

USB INTERFACE ICs, The *FTDI* FT232R | mcucenter.com

March 31, 2009
- Nice article about the FT232R serial usb chip.

Best posts on Convert To USB from Mar 2009

admin — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 05:00:00 +0000

Too many posts to handle? If you missed out on a great post from last month, here’s a quick digest of the top posts that you may want to check out:

Cables To Go USB 2.0 VGA Lan Dock
Posted on Sunday, March 1st, 2009 in Ethernet to usb – Comments: (8)

Visit http://tiger.tv/more_info/?399 for more information! Now you can enjoy the convenience of your laptop when you’re not on the road. The USB 2.0 Laptop Docking Station with Video allows you to easily connect all of your desktop peripherals to almost any laptop or desktop with just one single connection. This lets you come and go as you please without the hassle of connecting your monitor, mouse, keyboard, printer and other devices to your laptop repeatedly.
How to set up a Wii wired connection
Posted on Saturday, March 7th, 2009 in usb to ethernet adapter – Comments: (18)
Yamaha Audiogram USB Audio Interfaces at Summer NAMM 08
Posted on Tuesday, March 10th, 2009 in USB audio device – Comments: (8)

Yamaha is out to become the kings of the entry-level USB audio interfaces. Their new Audiogram series will be some of the lowest-priced interfaces on the market, but still feature full phantom power, more inputs than the competition, and even a one-knob compressor on the Audiogram 6. Need I also point out that they look cooler than most interfaces, regardless of price range?

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Shared Items – March 26, 2009

admin — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 00:28:31 +0000

What’s on TV? Your Videos and Photos With an HD Assist March 26, 2009 – Easily play video files from your usb drive. Related posts:Convert to USB Shared Items – September 12, 2009Convert to USB Items on the Web- September 29, 2009V3 USB Driver and Phone tools installation Related posts:

Best posts on Convert To USB from 9th March – 15th March

admin — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 05:00:00 +0000

Too many posts to handle? If you missed out on a great post from last week, here’s a quick digest of the top posts that you may want to check out:

How can I connect a USB web cam to an Ethernet network?
Posted on Monday, March 9th, 2009 in Ethernet to usb – Comments: (0)

I have several Logitech USB webcams. THey need to be placed at least 25' from my video server and this is farther than the USB standard will suport. Therefore I need to either buy USB extenders or convert the USB to Ethernet. What is the best solution?Really, the problem is that you've got the wrong tools for the job. USB is designed for peripherals in a desktop environment, and is not meant to operate over extended distances.
Is a usb 2.0 audio interface w/ midi an alternative to buying a better sound card?
Posted on Thursday, March 12th, 2009 in USB audio device – Comments: (1)

Like the Emu 0404 USB audio/MIDI interface. does that act as your sound card, or bypass it or something? or do you still need a powerful sound card?Yes, an audio interface is essentially a powerful soundcard… in a box! I assume you're looking for something to record with?While it works 'okish' most of the time, USB isn't really the best protocol for audio.
Yamaha Audiogram USB Audio Interfaces at Summer NAMM 08
Posted on Tuesday, March 10th, 2009 in USB audio device – Comments: (8)

Yamaha is out to become the kings of the entry-level USB audio interfaces. Their new Audiogram series will be some of the lowest-priced interfaces on the market, but still feature full phantom power, more inputs than the competition, and even a one-knob compressor on the Audiogram 6. Need I also point out that they look cooler than most interfaces, regardless of price range?

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Best posts on Convert To USB from Mar 2009

admin — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 06:00:00 +0000

Too many posts to handle? If you missed out on a great post from last month, here’s a quick digest of the top posts that you may want to check out:

Can I connect 2 wireless USB adapters at once?
Posted on Friday, March 6th, 2009 in Adapters to usb – Comments: (4)

I have 2 wireless USB network adapters a TP-LINK WN321G and a NETGEAR WG11v2 can I connect both of them at once to achieve more speed?
How to set up a Wii wired connection
Posted on Saturday, March 7th, 2009 in usb to ethernet adapter – Comments: (18)
USB to Ethernet Adapter
Posted on Monday, March 2nd, 2009 in Ethernet to usb – Comments: (3)

This is a video on how to maybe use an older computerfor the internet instead of collecting dust.

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Can I connect 2 wireless USB adapters at once?

admin — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 13:30:43 +0000

I have 2 wireless USB network adapters a TP-LINK WN321G and a NETGEAR WG11v2 can I connect both of them at once to achieve more speed?

you can connect both at once but you wont get more speed you will just cause a sytems conflict,and the laptop that is receiving signal will only connect to one at a time anyway

can you use all wireless g usb adapters will all wireless g routers?

admin — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 14:00:29 +0000

I just purchased a d-link wireless g router but i don't have the money for the usb adapter. I wanted to know if i can buy another type of wireless g usb adapter that is cheapier, will it be compatible with my router?

In theory, yes. You should be able to use any combination of 802.11g equipment from different manufacturers.

However, you'll have a lower risk of problems if you stick to equipment from a single manufacturer. At the very least, they'll use the same terminology in their documentation, making setup easier. And if you do have problems, sometimes two competing manufacturers will blame each other and it can be very hard to figure out what the real problem is.

Mini Black 2.4G Bluetooth V2.0 EDR USB Dongle Wireless Adapter

What bluetooth usb adapters work well with indows Vista Home Premium?

admin — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 02:36:30 +0000

I'm hoping to find one that will work out of the box, with no desperate driver searching required. They all should work down to the cheap generic ones. But if your really concerned just buy an hp bluetooth adapter they only have one. powered by Yahoo Answers Related posts:Micro Bluetooth USB Dongle – Installing drivers [...] Related posts:

On usb wifi ethernet adapters, will longer usb length cause lag?

admin — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 11:52:53 +0000

I have 6 computers in my house networked on a wifi router. 1HTPC, 2 laptop, 3 desktop. I am getting a lower signal quality and bandwith from two of the pc in my house. I installed a high gain antenna for my linksys router. It helped but you can only do so much going through closed doors and walls.

I was thinking of getting two usb 802.11g adapter, connect through a 10' usb cable extension and attaching them on the outer door jam of these rooms to increase the signal. They would have direct line of site with the router only about 20 feet away.

Would there be any lag issues with a usb cable this long?

(moving the router close is not feasible. The other alternative would be to buy antennas with extension cable for my pci cards, but I am thinking they would lose consierable reception over this distancem, and that I am better off moving the "whole" device closer.

no it wouldnt, because at the speed this stuff work, 20 feet is nothing.

Samson CO3U Conference and Podcasting USB Microphone Product Review

admin — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 11:43:37 +0000

Duration : 0:1:10

Audio Advisor Review – Benchmark ADC-1 Analog to Digital Converter w/USB

Where can I buy a Wii Dance Pad to USB converter?

admin — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 13:02:29 +0000

I want to play both the Wii and Stepmania DDR games, but I don't want to have to buy separate dance pads. I am having trouble finding a place to buy a Wii to USB dance pad so I can hook it up to my laptop, which I will then hook up to the TV to play Stepmania.

I know they exist, I just can't find a retailer to sell them.

Otherwise I'll just buy USB Dance Pads.

Check here,

http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2F&tag=funjok-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=9325

You will find what you like!
Good luck!

where can I buy a 9-pin serial to USB adapter?

Vantec USB External 5.1 Channel Audio Adapter

admin — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 12:36:54 +0000

The Vantec NBA-100U USB 5.1 Channel Audio Adapter is an amazing audio accessory for any computer with a USB port. Its 5 audio connections provide both great stereo input and 5.1 channel surround sound output performance from your laptop or desktop without installing additional hardware. The NBA-100U not only combines high quality audio recording and playback capabilities but also allows the connection of most popular audio gear such as microphones, home stereos, musical instruments, and powered speakers to your USB capable computer. Upgrade to 5.1 channel digital surround sound with Vantec USB external 5.1 channel Audio Adapter.

Duration : 0:4:11

Is it bad to have 2 USB wireless internet adapters running at the same time same PC?

admin — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 19:26:08 +0000

I was thinking it might give me a better internet connection would it? And they are two different brands.

well basically when u use the wireless it has to share the internet with another pc if u have two in your pc it will slow the pc internet conecction right down

Mini Black 2.4G Bluetooth V2.0 EDR USB Dongle Wireless Adapter

Tritton TRI-UV50 SEE2 Xpress USB 2.0 To VGA Video Adapter

admin — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 20:46:52 +0000

The TRITTON SEE2 Xpress USB 2.0 external video card is the easiest and most cost effective way to add an additional display to your PC. Our most affordable video adapter, the SEE2 Xpress is ideal for adding a second display on a budget. Use the SEE2 Xpress with smaller secondary displays used for pallets/tools, calendars, instant messaging, or any other information you want to access at a glance. Simply install the included drivers, connect the display to the SEE2 Xpress, and plug it into an available USB 2.0 port. Power is drawn from the USB port, so no additional power adapter is needed. Our patented technology allows the SEE2 Xpress to support resolutions up to 1360 x 768 (including widescreen resolutions), mirrored, and extended configurations.

Duration : 0:3:33

USB midi converter in Processing

admin — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 14:15:06 +0000

App I’ve written to convert midi data coming in over a USB port from my Arduino into real midi data which can then be forwarded to Ableton live. This video shows an ArduinoBoy being used to send midi clock data from a gameboy, but it could be used for anything. Soon I hope to have it working the other way, ie. sending midi data down to the Arduino over USB… but I haven’t got around to it yet.

Check out my website for more information and to download this app (plus the code)

Duration : 0:0:46

I'm looking for usb adapters from my keyboard (piano) to my computer?

admin — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 13:09:26 +0000

Please dont suggest music shops. Looking for internet sites, possibly shops on the high street like maplin Keyboard is a VERY old Yamaha version. It has these plugs on the back MIDI In andOut Sustain, phones/aux out and power in…

Also am looking for an easy guide to buying something like flstudio or cubais
actually mrdg, I have no idea what Im doing. Im trying to connect the keyboard to the computer

are you looking to connect the midi connectors on your yamaha to the computer ?
or just trying to get the sound from the keybrd into the computer ?

link attached for online store selling m-audio midi/usb devices

StarTech.com USB 5.1 Channel Sound / Audio Adapter Sound Card

CES 2009: IOGEAR USB-to-VGA Converter

admin — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 18:33:35 +0000

CrunchGear.com

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Can I share internet connection between my pc and my notebook using 2 wireless USB network adapters?

admin — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 12:00:52 +0000

WITHOUT A ROUTER OR ACCESS POINT…
Can these two different computers share an internet connection if they both have wireless network adapters on Ad Hoc mode?

If so I will get a usb wireless network adapter for my PC ($20) and try to establish a network between my pc and notebook. Then it will be nice for me to check my emails in another room.

I heard that Ad Hoc mode works fine for this purpose.

Is it a good idea? It seems a cheap solution for me.
What are cons? Or should I pay $150 more to buy access points or a new wireless modem and throw away my old modem?
Currently I have
1 PC
1 Notebook
1 adsl internet connection (standart, line)
1 USB wireless network adapter for my notebook (that could also be plugged on PC)

you dont need a new modem. if you can use wireless connecsion just share that whit your notebook
it will work nice. i did it before.

NetGear RangeMax Wireless-N USB 2.0 Wireless Adapter

admin — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 11:19:57 +0000

Bonjour all,

Netgear WPN111 USB 2.0 Wireless Adapter
As a 21st-century consumer, your notebook computer is an integral part of your life. But does your home computing environment work for you? Even if you already have a wireless network, you’ve probably found “dead spots” in your home where your Internet connection fades in and out, or drops off completely.

Now, say goodbye to those dead spots and say o to the freedom to work (and play) absolutely anywhere in your home! With the RangeMax Wireless Router and USB Adapter, your whole house becomes a “hot spot.” Netgear’s exclusive RangeMax technology gives you the longest range of any wireless network on the market today – up to 10 times the wireless coverage of 802.11g. So you’ll have a sizzling-fast, consistent connection in every room of your house and beyond.

Thanks for watching people,

Take care

Englishtwist

Duration : 0:9:5

Unbranded USB-IDE converter kill HDD

admin — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 10:32:08 +0000

Lesson to learned: Never ever get an unbranded USB-IDE converter, else your HDD will need to take the risk to be killed.

Duration : 0:9:58

Audio Advisor Review – Benchmark ADC-1 Analog to Digital Converter w/USB

Apple M9569G/B Digital player data cable

admin — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 10:22:39 +0000

The iPod Dock Connector to USB Cable offers high speed data transfer for quickly loading an entire music library on iPod or iPod mini and convenient charging. The cable can also be connected to the iPod USB power adapter for charging on-the-go.

Iogear GUW2015VKIT Wireless USB to VGA Adapter Kit (GUW2015VKIT)

admin — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 10:22:39 +0000

The GUW2015VKIT Wireless USB to VGA Adapter kit from IOGEAR instantly allows you to add a high resolution display using Wireless USB Technology. Simply connect the USB adapter to your PC and the VGA adapter to your VGA display; you are ready to extend your desktop to another screen wirelessly. The adapter kit is ideal for wirelessly displaying the PC content on a remote monitor and minimizing the hassles associated with the installation of PC and TV or projector. It allows you to enjoy video playing up to 30 feet away across the room from your PC or browse Internet on your favorite flat-screen TV without the cable limitation. With up to 720p video streaming from your desktop or laptop it also supports resolutions up to UXGA (1600 x 1200 pixels) or WSXGA+ (1680 x 1050 pixels). All these features make the GUW2015VKIT Wireless USB to VGA Adapter kit an ideal pack for both home and mobile networking needs.

Cables To Go USB to IDE / Laptop Drive Adapter (39994)

admin — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 10:22:38 +0000

Transfer files to/from your laptop to your desktop quickly and easily with this kit! Simply attach your laptop’s 2.5in drive to the Laptop to IDE Adapter, and connect the Laptop adapter to the USB 2.0 to IDE Drive Adapter. Then plug the USB to IDE adapter into an available USB port on your desktop. Your 2.5in drive will appear as a logical drive, and enable you to retrieve files directly back and forth. Or, used separately, the USB 2.0 to IDE Drive Adapter turns any IDE drive into a convenient external drive. The Laptop Hard Drive Adapter easily connects your 2.5in laptop IDE hard drive to a 40-pin IDE cable for installation in a desktop or tower PC.

Is it possible to use an external hard drive to 'convert' from Firewire to USB?

admin — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 10:20:31 +0000

I am basically tying to figure out if it is possible to use an external hard drive to 'convert' from Firewire to USB i.e. download from my miniDV camera to my external HD using Firewire and then upload to my computer using USB…

No. The external firewire drive has no "intelligence"… unless you have one from Firestore http://firestore.com/solutions/catalog.asp?id=3

A plain external drive connected to your camcorder won't record anything from the camcorder.

If you want to try to use the HDD as the "pass through" that won't work, either – the video editing applications won't recognize that DV is trying to come through the USB port.

Is there any adepter which convert HDMI to USB ?

admin — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 10:20:30 +0000

I have full HD 1080p plasma tv. But it doesn’t have any USB port. It has 3 HDMI port. How could I Connect my USB device with my Plasma. Is there any adepter which convert HDMI to USB or vice versa?

USB ports aren't meant to have audio or video data sent through them directly. There are a few video devices that can attach to USB ports, but in general USB ports lack to bandwidth for decent HD full motion video output. HDMI is designed to receive both digital video and audio signals that have already been processed by a video device, whereas USB ports are designed to attach peripheral devices and aren't meant to transmit raw data in the way that you are describing.

Long story short, there is no direct conversion between USB and HDMI ports…they are not even the same type of technology and are not directly compatible.

Can I convert USB port to an A/V out for use with Samsung A50 digicam?

admin — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 10:20:30 +0000

I just purchased a Samsung A50 5 MP Digital Camera…But it does not have a A/V out. Can you tell me if I could use the USB port of this camera and somehow "convert" it to an A/V out.I want to do this to view my pics/video directly on TV.

http://www.pccables.com/70614.htm

This site has a USB/RCA converter.

Or you can "google" USB to RCA to find other results.
You also might want to check your nearest computer store.
They may have something for you.

universal usb converter

admin — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 16:37:34 +0000

psx gamecube and xbox to pc
review

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Are there other USB wireless network adapters that will work with Xbox360 other than the official one?

admin — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 13:29:53 +0000

I have a wireless USB network adapter plugged into the back of my TIVO, I was wondering when I'm not using it if I can use that in my Xbox360 or will I have to buy the expensive Microsoft Xbox360 one? Seems logical that it would work but I have no idea…

I frankly have not heard of anyone trying anything else. But, would you really want to use something that is not approved by Microsoft and take the risk of bricking (frying) your 360? I would personally stick with the one made by Microsoft, so if there is a problem, you can get support for it.

No related posts.

How To Configure the Universal USB Converter

admin — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 13:32:48 +0000

A tutorial on how to configure the Universal USB Converter. The music is the Super Mario Galaxy orchestra-Honeyhive galaxy.

Duration : 0:2:8

What version of Linux supports Wireless USB Adapters?

admin — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 12:01:34 +0000

Is there a version of linux that EASILY supports usb wireless adapters?

I currently use ubuntu but in order to use wireless internet you have to wrap the usb adapter drivers and it seems very complicated.

I have a linksys wireless usb adapter and i really like linux but i need to get it to acces my wireless network.

Or if there is no version out there that does support usb adapters than can anyone point me to an easy way to wrap the drivers or at least get it to work.

Post your questions at the UBUNTU and LINUX forums.

Here are some useful links.

Why can't I make these darn USB PS2 to PS3 controller adapters work together?

admin — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 12:01:34 +0000

I recently purchased two USB PS2 to PS3 controller adapters on Ebay in hopes of avoiding having to buy two more PS3 controllers. They work fine when I'm only using one at a time, but when I plug in both, only one can work at a time. Has anyone else had this experience? Why is it doing this? How do I make them both work at the same time?

I think because when you turn it on it tries to link up under the same number.

Try connecting one then setting up one and then setting it to 3 before attatching another.

PS2 to PC USB adapter works on PS3 playing Soul Calibur 4

XBOX USB CONTROLLER

admin — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 11:56:59 +0000

http://www.superhack123.webs.com
I hooked up my controller with a usb converter that I made, and made it work on a Vista operating system and also it works with controllers other than the original xbox controllers, like the Madcatz ones. To learn how to do this visit http://www.freewebs.com/superhack123
you can also modify this mod and hook up a wireless controller… but thats more complicated and will be on the site eventually…

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IOGEAR Wireless USB Hub and Adapter

admin — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 11:27:47 +0000

GUWH104KIT IOGEAR Wireless USB Hub and Adapter

Duration : 0:4:8

Micro Innovations USB to USB Net Adapter

admin — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 13:00:20 +0000

The USB to USB Adapter provides a quick and easy solution to network up to 17 USB computers via Plug & Play technology without the use of Network Interface Cards (NIC). It is suitable for small or home offices, mobile users and network gaming. Using the USB to USB Adapter, you can share files, printers, multi-player games and many other USB devices.

Product Specification :

Adapter Type :Serial adapter
Form Factor :External
Interface Standards :USB
Data Link Protocol :USB

The Nifty Nerd: Audio-Technica USB Turntable Review

admin — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 11:13:23 +0000

http://www.TheNiftyNerd.com – This week the Nifty Nerd reviews the Audio-Technica USB Turntable and converts some old albums into MP3 files.

Duration : 0:4:32

Usb parallel port adapters with Vista?

admin — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 11:25:03 +0000

I've been looking to get a parallel port to usb adapter and most of the ones I've seen says they're compatible with all the windows up to windows XP. Would they still be compatible with windows Vista. I asked one of the people in one the shops but they did not know the answer.

It would be a pity to buy one and find it would not work with Vista (asI've already had several problems on non-compatibility with other products). I realise of course that I'd need to have the proper drivers for the printers, just wanted to check that this hardware would work (as I see the adapter comes with a driver of it's own)

Before I bought one, I would check the manufacturer's web sites and see if they had a Vista compatible driver posted.
At least one of them should have one by now.

iPhone 3G USB Power Adapter Recall

admin — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 10:54:33 +0000

Yes, it’s true. The power adapters that come with the iPhone 3G are being recalled. Apple claims that they have received many complaints that when the adapter is plugged in, and then pulled out, the prongs get stuck in the outlet and it is dangerous because someone might get an electrical shock. The replacements aren’t being given away until October 10, 2008. You can read more about it here: http://www.macrumors.com/2008/09/19/apple-recalls-iphone-3g-usb-power-adapter/

And if you want to go directly to Apple’s website about this: https://supportform.apple.com/200809/

Be safe guys!

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Given the correct adapters, is it possible to use a Verizon USB Aircard with an iPod Touch?

admin — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 10:23:28 +0000

I have a Verizon USB Aircard, which lets me access Verizon’s BroadbandAccess network. If I can somehow get a female USB-iPod adapter, can I use the Aircard with an iPod Touch?

i can’t positively say its impossible, but i can say it is highly unlikely.

the usb connection on the ipod touch probably doesn’t even provide power, since it was never intended for external usb devices.

without power, the verizon usb modem would not work.

FYI, for those folks who travel a lot and want high speed “3G” internet access while on the road for their laptops or their gadgets like an Apple iPhone or iPod Touch, or a Sony PSP/Mylo/PS3, or Nintendo Wii/DS or Nokia 770/800/810 tablet, an Archos 605 WiFi, or even the Chumby… take a look at this article:

http://www.evdoinfo.com/ipodtouch

its also a good way to get “3G” speeds on any iPhone! and faster than AT&T!

How can I Install The USB Driver for my Handycam in the Vista os?

EVGA UV Plus+ USB 2.0 Video Adapter

admin — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 10:58:49 +0000

For more information go to http://tiger.tv/more_info/?865. EVGA introduces the new UV Plus+. Take any available USB port on your Desktop or Notebook and turn it into an additional video output for use with another display. With a small footprint and a unique magnetic-stackable design for use with multiple UV16 units, UV Plus+ allows for additional displays to increase productivity by expanding, rotating, or mirroring your virtual workspace through an easy to understand and operate software interface. UV Plus+ is powered by USB and uses Lossless Compression for transferring video signal which provides a crystal clear viewing experience on your additional display. The GPU-less design utilizes a virtual driver and high-performance DDR memory with full support for Windows Vista Aero and high resolution capabilities. With all of these features in one tiny package, the EVGA UV Plus+ is the perfect, easy solution for an additional monitor in only minutes.

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Can bluetooth usb adapters that are v1.1 class 1 work with a v1.1 class 2 device.?

admin — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 11:26:11 +0000

I have a bluetooth virtual keyboard which bluetooth specs that are v1.1 class 2. I found a v1.1 class 1 usb bluetooth adapter. Can a class 1 usb work with a class 2 device.

Yes. The Class refers to the Radio Frequency power class. So class 1 devices can transmit around 100 meters while a class 2 device only 10 meters.

So you can mix and match classes, but you will only get the range of the lowest power device (for example in this case 10 meters).

Can I increase wireless signal with more usb adapters?

admin — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 01:12:16 +0000

I have a laptop connected to an Ethernet port that has a network with internet.

The laptop is producing a wireless signal so others can connect to it through WiFi.

I have 2 other adapters that connect through USB,
can I use them to increase my wireless signal? and have my laptop, and 2 of them producing and making the wireless signal bigger?

thanks in advance

Your wireless USB adapters and the wireless adapter built into your laptop aren't going to be able to load balance for a faster wireless connection. Potentially you could configure 3 different wireless devices to all broadcast on different channels say 1, 6 and 11 which would not over lap and would allow for faster communication but may or may not provide more coverage in terms of area. But to make that work would involve some pretty complex configuration.

You may find that one of the USB adapters can provide a stronger signal than the built in wireless card in your laptop which may allow you to provide more coverage and a faster wireless connection. The only way to verify this would be to disable the built in wireless card in your laptop and try the USB adapters you have. When it comes to wireless, there's never any guarantees.

Jason
CCNA, CSE, CCENT, Network+,

Unofficial USB Ethernet Adapter for Wii

admin — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 01:06:22 +0000

*UPDATE: THIS USB ADAPTER IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE FROM NEWEGG.*

EFFBEE from the nintendo.com forums have discovered a working USB Ethernet adapter for those who wish to use a Wired Connection rather than a Wireless one. This video is just to validate and back up EFFBEE’s video. The other video can be found here:

http://www.youtube.com/v/gtMNIxTMKCE

*EDIT 1*
Original Thread:
http://forums.nintendo.com/nintendo/board/message?board.id=internet&message.id=9095&view=by_date_ascending&page=1

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The Smallest MicroSD To USB magic converter

admin — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 09:14:45 +0000

Great Gadget for CellPhones – Easy way to transfer your songs and pictures to your computer everywhere and anywhere with the MicroSD USB Magical converter For more information and pictures rons@isdn.net.il

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USB SuperSpeed Interesting Facts

admin — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 14:18:53 +0000

There was a recent USB developers conference held at the Doubletree Hotel in San Jose, California on November 17-18, on SuperSpeed USB or USB 3. There was an estimated 1500 attendees: a sign of great amount of interested in the new standard which is not expected to show up for another year. Here is a post summarizing some of what I had been about to gather from various postings on the Web.

The huge feature of USB 3 is of course “SuperSpeed” which is a 5Gb/s transfer mode, “10x” as fast as the current 480Mb/s high speed mode that we have now. But, there is some thought to future expansion. This new protocol allows expansion and the links will negotiate to the highest speed supported. Currently 5Gb/s is the only specified speed.

It looks like the first devices will start to show up in 2010 and they will likely be mass storage. There are no chip sets out yet. There are some vendors with IP (Intellectual Property) to be used in custom designs. The first release of Windows 7 will not have SuperSpeed built in and Microsoft has not set plans to implement it yet. Also Apple is said to be studying the issue. One of the main goals of the standard is to require no host device-driver changes to support SuperSpeed.

How is this greatly enhanced speed accomplished with as much backward compatibility as possible? SuperSpeed traffic can travel in both directions at once (dual simplex). A USB 3 system will basically run a SuperSpeed bus and a USB 2 bus in parallel. The bus has two new shielded twisted pairs to run the SuperSpeed and still has the old unshielded twisted pair USB 2 data pair. Going to these two pairs enables not only simplified bus drivers which don’t have to turn around direction, but also more efficient usage as data can be flowing in both directions at once. You can see that the design of hubs are now twice as complicated as they now have to cope with two parallel, separate busses running through them. Hubs now have extra work to do as SuperSpeed is now really routed through the hubs, not using broadcasts as with USB 2. Of course the USB 2 part of a hub should work as its unchanged from current specs.

Another big thing is better power management. Now high power can use 900 mA and low power, 150 mA. The spec is power management, a lot of effort was put into building power management into all the protocol levels. The main thing here is laptops particularly are able to save power when devices are attached. An attached device doesn’t gain much by power managing, except it is really helping the host. If attached at SuperSpeed a device can now draw 150mA unconfigured and 900mA configured. Quite an amount of current.

Using FTDI based Serial USB Adaptors

admin — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 13:55:48 +0000

There are a lot of Serial USB converter devices that use the the very popular FT8U232BM FTDI chip. Here is information what drivers you might have to install and what operating systems you can use the adaptor under. First of all, conveniently, the linux kernel has drivers for the chipset and automatically assigns a com port to the device. This is in Kernels 2.6.9 or greater.

Under windows you need to add a driver for windows to recognize it as a “Virtual” com port. Virtual means that the windows driver creates the port. You also will notice that windows will match the particular adaptor to a com port and remember it. If you plug a new FTDI cable in you will get a new com port number for that cable. FTDI also has a high speed direct driver under windows that does away with some of the inefficiencies of using a virtual com port. So some devices using the FTDI chip might use this. The maximum transfer rate is 2MB per second.

There are Mac OSX drivers. The Intel version of the drivers need OSX 10.4 or later. The other drivers for windows CE, Open BSD, and QNX listed as developed by third parties. There is a newer version of the chip FT232R that does not require a crystal so it would be cheaper to manufacture in a serial cable. The newest versions of drivers account for this.

ISA card to USB adaptor

admin — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 01:35:23 +0000

Here is a way to communicate with an old ISA card through your USB port. The USB2ISA from ARS Technologies allows the plugging in of any standard computer PC ISA card. What ARS has done here is worked out all the timing and transactions of the ISA bus and created a series of commands sent out by USB from your system.

The board comes with a Universal Software Layer that runs in windows for DOS applications. USB2ISA does work with Windows, Linux, and Mac OSX and has information in the the form a software development kit called sdkbus. There are also power supplies and enclosures for the board. The price is 149 dollars.

USB to I2C Module

admin — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 16:46:44 +0000

If you are an electronic hobbyist, you will find there are some chips that have the Inter-Integrated Circuit or I2C serial communications bus that controls the particular device. The advantage of such an interface is that you only need two signal lines (plus ground) for the entire bus regardless of how many devices you hook up.

The USB-I2C module is a I2C master (controls the bus) that powers itself from the USB. It uses the FTDI FT232R USB chip and FTDI’s corresponding Virtual COM Port drivers on Windows. The FTDI chip also works on Windows, Mac OSX, linux, and Open BSD.

This device is very convenient because you can open the com port in the programming language of you choice and send out a series of 8 bit commands in the form of output characters to perform various operations on the I2C bus. There is a nice example on how to read inputs on a PCF8574 I/O expander on the Technical Specifications web page.

Available from Robot Electronics 16.56 UK pounds.

Convert VHS tapes to USB

admin — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 02:51:52 +0000

An all in one unit by Ion Audio called VCR2PC will quite easily capture the video off of VHS tapes into digital form up to full resolution. It is windows compatible but also will work on the mac through iMovie. This leads me to believe that it might also work under linux.

It’s very much a VHS player equipped with a USB video capture. There is a composite connection adjacent to the type B USB connector on the front for camcorders. There are two versions of this device, a NTSC and a PAL version. The PAL version has a SCART output like most UK video equipment.

For the PC there is a EZ VHS Converter software that apparently transcodes the imported video file into a mpeg 2 or mp4 format suitable for DVD’s or iPods. Price is about $200.

Convert an Old Joystick Using a USB Joypad

admin — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 00:43:20 +0000

Here is an idea for an older joystick such as a Atari Game Controller. You can use the internal circuit board from a Tremon USB 10-Button Joypad. The price for one of these controllers is relatively inexpensive being about 5 dollars.

Remove the original wires from the older joystick that went to the up, down, left, and right positions and fire button. The circuit card from the Tremon USB joystick will have the corresponding wires on its left joystick pad. The Tremon will have more buttons so you will chose one of them as the Atari Fire button.

Solder the wires in place from the new USB joystick controller card and mount it inside the older joystick’s case. The nice thing about using the Tremon USB controller is that it uses the Human Interface Device class of USB specifically the joystick device. This means no driver needed for windows, linux, or mac OSX. The MAME emulator program can then be used to map the corresponding buttons on the newly connected USB joystick.

Converting a PS/2 Keyboard to USB

admin — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 15:02:08 +0000

If you have a older keyboard with a round connector with 4 or 6 pins, known as PS/2, you want to get a true USB converter. You might have seen a lot of small green or purple adapters that are cheap but ultimately don’t work because they are meant to be used with keyboards that already designed already to be a USB peripheral. Thus these adapters only connect the various wires to the USB connector and signal the keyboard to go into USB mode.

So what is actually needed is a more sophisticated adapter with pre-programmed chip to read the signal of the PS/2 keyboard and at the same time act as a USB human interface device (HID) and appear as a keyboard on the computer. Since the HID USB device class is one of the most fundamental devices of any USB aware operating system, no drivers are needed for its basic functions under Window, Linux, or Mac OSX.

Here is a link for a active PS/2 to USB converter.

USB Transfer Tutorial