[Coco] [Color Computer] FYI: USB Modules & Add-Ons

[jdaggett at gate.net]

On 4 Sep 2006 at 10:26, John R. Hogerhuis wrote:

>  guess I missed the application being considered here?
> 
> The Cypress SL811HS is an embedded USB host controller which can be
> interfaced to an 8-bit bus. That means you could hook arbitrary usb
> devices to the coco (usb keys, usb storage (basically, SCSI-over-USB), usb
> serial ports, etc. The FT245 is a usb device, you might use it to
> interface a RS232 chip  to a PC's usb host controller. Since a Coco has no
> USB host controller, it has no obvious application for the Coco unless you
> want to turn the coco into some kind of USB device.

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The FT232 converts RS232 to USB. The FT245B/R will interface to a MCU via a 
parallel I/O port. There is a difference between the two FTDI parts.

The FT245 and a PIC16F877A and you  have a potential for a USB addaptor that 
can be placed on the Coco Expansion buss and memory mapped. 

james