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Title: Just Another Italian Lamer ...usb Question
Post by: phileas on March 10, 2008, 08:41:33 am

Hi , finally i got my simpad on eBay ( of course    ) , now just come home ...while I try to understand something.
I have read with much interest this forum and have visited various site.
The propagation of this splendid toy above in Germany unfortunately penalizes Italian like me , with poor knowledge of deutsche language    so , sorry for maybe usual stupid question .
My project consists in equipping simpad of a PCMCIA card with two USB
One to install a usbpen as memory flash with standalone soft + data (some memory limitations? ), in the other one usb bluetooth dongle . It can work with windows ce 4.1?
many thanks at all

Title: Just Another Italian Lamer ...usb Question
Post by: mister_data on March 10, 2008, 12:35:40 pm

Quote from: phileas

Hi , finally i got my simpad on eBay ( of course    ) , now just come home ...while I try to understand something.
I have read with much interest this forum and have visited various site.
The propagation of this splendid toy above in Germany unfortunately penalizes Italian like me , with poor knowledge of deutsche language    so , sorry for maybe usual stupid question .
My project consists in equipping simpad of a PCMCIA card with two USB
One to install a usbpen as memory flash with standalone soft + data (some memory limitations? ), in the other one usb bluetooth dongle . It can work with windows ce 4.1?
many thanks at all

Hi,

this project sounds funny.

But first: SIMpad had only one PCMCIA 16-bit slot and no CARDBUS 32-bit slot.

-> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PC_Card (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PC_Card)

So this should not be possible, (all USB-2.0 "PCMCIA" Cards are 32-bit Cardbus for my knowledge), sorry.

Regards,

mrdata

Title: Just Another Italian Lamer ...usb Question
Post by: phileas on March 11, 2008, 12:53:54 pm

Quote

Hi, this project sounds funny.
But first: SIMpad had only one PCMCIA 16-bit slot and no CARDBUS 32-bit slot.
-> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PC_Card (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PC_Card)
So this should not be possible, (all USB-2.0 "PCMCIA" Cards are 32-bit Cardbus for my knowledge), sorry.
Regards,
mrdata

First , thank you for prompt reply.
thanks for link , i found http://www.pcmcia.org/faq.htm (http://www.pcmcia.org/faq.htm)   PCMCIA site ...Ok , now i must study soldering art    and of course i must read a lot of post from this forum.
see you later

Title: Just Another Italian Lamer ...usb Question
Post by: halif on March 18, 2008, 03:07:46 am

Of course You're aware, what you'll have to write your own driver for win.ce and/or familiar/opie linux distro. But if you'll make a pcimcia 16-bit usb host with full  usb stack what would be a great thing. I keep one's finger crossed. Good luck!

Btw. have you choose some devices? PCMCIA or usb chip?

Title: Just Another Italian Lamer ...usb Question
Post by: mr_nice on March 18, 2008, 11:30:21 am

Hi,
maybe a ratoc usb 1.1 Host adaptor cf card will help you. With an cf to pcmcia card connector you can use it on 16 bit pcmcia bus.

best regards
mr nice