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Connect Universal directly to 80GB Mobile Hard Drive?

Is there any way to connect the Universal Directly to a mobile hard drive?.
to be more precise, to this one:
http://www.lacie.com/products/product.htm?pid=10669

Not Directly NO. The Universal does not have the USB Host hardware required to attach this kind of thing.

Take a look at this...
http://www.toshiba.co.jp/about/press/2002_10/pr0902.htm
Forget wires
Regards
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interesting...
but anyways there could be a kind of "piece of hardware" bewtween HD and Universal that makes the USB host function.. or maybe I am a bit lost..

gooroo said:
Take a look at this...
http://www.toshiba.co.jp/about/press/2002_10/pr0902.htm
Forget wires
Regards
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Universal has WIFI so youd be better off just mapping a network drive or something rather than using bluetooth which is very slow.
jimcl said:
interesting...
but anyways there could be a kind of "piece of hardware" bewtween HD and Universal that makes the USB host function.. or maybe I am a bit lost..
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That would be a PC Its certainly possible that somebody could make a card for the SDIO slot that would support USB Hosting but I am not aware of one.

Better wait for cheaper 4 gigabytes sd cards

Hi jimcl,
You have the same idea as me! I was thinking of hooking up my external 60GB HDD to my Exec using just a normal camera USB cable. As you have thought, it didn't work. Wouldn't it be great if things just works the way we wanna them to be?
I assume that if it works, the battery on your Exec will dry up very quickly as the HDD draws its power from it.
Anyway, if you find anything that allows you to do that, please post it out here and share it with everyone!
Cheers!
Regards,
Johnnie

Wifi would be much better, and is already available, but they are not designed for mobile use, mains supply required.
SDIO to USB is, I think is in the pipeline, but prehaps a better solution would be SDIO to Wired Ethernet, more likely to find this for PDA's with no Wifi, and USB/Ethernet hard drives are available now. Although ethernet drives still require mains supply but USB ones would suck power to quick from the host
I think we will see host controllers as standard in future PDAs.
I know the 5Gb is not particulary good on the Toshiba device, but I doubt it will be long before the capacity increases.
I must admit, SD/MMC cards are a better way to go and I think 8gb is in the pipeline now and prices will drop over time.

of course I'll share the solution... in case I find it!
I more or less agree with all your comments... but sometimes we just want to work with the things we have, ... I already have a mobile hard drive. That's all.
Apart from 4GB SD cards - and future 8GB - maybe we could find a solution in the WIFI way, but anyways 8GB SD card sounds great - maybe not its price..

If your looking for a solution for home or car try the asus WL-HDD wireless access point / hard drive
I picked one up off ebay for 50ukp with a 60 gig drive in it,
Also lets you copy stuff from other usb devices to the hard drive (without a pc) or share other usb devices over the wireless (with new firmware from asus).
http://reviews.cnet.com/Asus_WL_HDD_2_5/4505-3382_7-31080278-2.html?tag=nav
Power wise it needs 5v @ 2 amps
Being linux based there is also some hacked firmware that will let you use other usb devices or turn it into a webserver and other things..
http://wl500g.info/
currently selling in the uk without drive for around 36ukp (scan)

RE
Yes, you can connect the Universal to the hard disk directly WITHOUT going through a router/access point using Wi-Drive, here:-
http://www.edslab.com/products.htm
Spoken to the developer 2 days back and was told that it'll be ready this coming August. It'll be released with a 30GB hard disk as this will be more affordable to the public. If you need higher capacity hard disk you'll need to install it yourself.

Is this the successor to the Universal ?

http://www.europe.htc.com/products/htcadvantage.html
this article suggests it is:
http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/02/13/htc_rolls_out_h1_07_lineup/

http://www.seehtc.com/
Looks promising.
Note the VGA Out?
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MiniSD and BT2 prolongs battery life but there must be some draw for only 8 hours.

Overview
The HTC Advantage X7500 is a powerful mobile office device that lets you work wherever and whenever you want. Powered by Microsoft Windows Mobile 5 with Direct Push Technology, you have the office tools you need while on the road. Attach the QWERTY keyboard and easily type up documents, e-mails, and messages. The huge 5-inch VGA display provides you more than enough room for surfing the Web and viewing documents. With its 3G, Wi-Fi® and Bluetooth® 2.0 capabilities, you stay connected to the world.
The built-in 8GB hard drive gives you plenty of room to store your work and media files on the phone, and if that’s not enough, insert a miniSD™ card to add even more storage space. Use the TV Out feature to output contents on the screen onto an external display such as a Projector or TV when doing presentations or sharing photos. You can also print out documents by connecting to a Bluetooth® or network printer. Have your office with you wherever you are with the HTC Advantage X7500.
Highlights
Manage your documents and emails with Microsoft® Windows Mobile® 5.0 Pocket PC phone edition including Direct Push technology.
Connect anywhere with 3G/HSDPA and Wi-Fi®; and stereo Bluetooth® 2.0 which is excellent for wireless audio.
Take advantage of a laptop-style experience with the huge 5 inch touch screen display and full detachable keyboard.
<<< FIVE INCH !!!!!!!! At Best the Universal is 3.75" diagonally... >>>>>
Always “on”, be connected to your office, watch video or listen to music anywhere.
Go anywhere with inbuilt GPS plus TomTom NAVIGATOR 6.
HTC Advantage Specification
Mobile Power Pad with detachable thin full keyboard - Microsoft® Windows Mobile® 5.0 Pocket PC Phone Edition
133.5mm (L) x 98mm(W) x 16mm(T)
Thickness with keyboard: 20 mm
359g with battery pack
Intel® PXA270 624 MHz with ATI Graphic Chip W2284
ROM: 256MB
RAM: 128MB
SDRAM - HDD: 8GB
5” transmissive colour TFT-LCD, 640x480 dot pixel VGA resolution
Backlight LEDs
Touch screen
HSDPA/UMTS (2100 MHz for Europe, 850/1900 MHz for USA) GSM/GPRS/EDGE (quad-band, 850/900/1800/1900MHz)
Main Camera -3 mega-pixel
CMOS imaging sensor with autofocus
2nd Camera VGA CMOS imaging sensor
High power LED for camera flash
Built-in microphone
Dual speakers
Loud speaker for Hands-Free operation
Bluetooth® v2.0 Platform
Wi-Fi® 802.11b/g
Internal GPS antenna
20 parallel channel GPS receiver
3V USIM/SIM card slot
HTC ExtUSB™ (11-pin mini-USB 2.0 and audio jack in one)
HTC proprietary 16-pin combined port (USB 1.1 host/VGA and TV Out)
HTC VueFLO™ motion sensor assisted browsing experience.
miniSD™ card slot
Removable and rechargeable Lithium-ion battery, 2200mAh
AC adaptor -Voltage range/frequency: 100~240V, 50/60Hz Power
MMS and Java™ applications
Smart Dialling and Voice Speed Dial
Comm Manager - AMR/AAC/WAV/WMA/MP3 codec
Adobe Reader LE for PDF
ZIP software and more
<<<< NOTICE THE COMMENTS ABOUT THE USA AND IT HAS EDGE !!!!!
I WANT I WANT I WANT !!!
Now how much this gonna cost me?

I'm in love or lust or something!!!
I'd kill to get my hands on one of these...

Hopefully it will be available on Vodafone so we can take advantage of HSDPA/UMTS (1.4MB Download speed).

i need this!

Well it's a cool device, but I sure hope it's not the successor to the Universal.

Stick on Universal for me, that is huge phone if in my palm. Anyway if someone give it to me as gift, I won't disappoint him/her, I'll use it...

From what I read, this has a detachable keyboard, thus I can't consider as a Universal successor.

cornelius said:
Stick on Universal for me, that is huge phone if in my palm. Anyway if someone give it to me as gift, I won't disappoint him/her, I'll use it...
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To fast to talk? But if I read more and see the pict that uploaded that compare Athena to Universal... I think i'm start to fall in love with athena???

its really great device but for me I am still thinking I have same usability with my old universal. Sure, I would like 8Gb hdd and 5'' LCD but except of this I find nothing more usefull in everyday life.
I am fully aware of usb-host and ext. VGA -these are really great extensions but I am asking myself how many time I use VGA out except of those first time shows-off to my friends. Same for USB - How many time I attach external harddrive.
My point is - I would consider spending around 1K$ for a device with similar specs like my old uni.
But of course If I dindt have Uni I would definitely consider buying it.
And I would buy it right now if it would have 800x480 display or something with better resolution - this is the most important feature for me.
just my 2c
best,

Whoa...awesome . I'd have thought VGA res would look a tad pixelated on a 5" display, considering that all other VGA's are 3.7". But this one manages to pull it off...Is it an 18-bit (262K color) TFT, or the regular 16-bit?

Banana Pi - a perfect board for Android development

Hi,
I've been playing with the newly announced Banana Pi board for Android development, it's perfect, very performing and very stable, and very flexible. Most importantly, it runs Android 4.2 and 4.4, in addition to many Linux distributions.
The 26-pin GPIO interfaces allow you to connect to many peripherals.
More info and OS images are available from http://www.bananapi.com
Hardware specification:
CPU
A20 ARM® Cortex™-A7 Dual-Core
GPU
ARM Mali400MP2 Complies with OpenGL ES 2.0/1.1
Memory (SDRAM)
1GB DDR3 (shared with GPU)
Onboard Storage
SD (Max. 64GB) / MMC card slot UP to 2T on SATA disk
Onboard Network
10/100/1000 Ethernet RJ45 (optional USB WIFI Dongle)
Camera Input
A CSI input connector allows for the connection of a designed camera module
Sound Input
Mic
Video Outputs
HDMI, CVBS , LVDS/RGB
Audio Output
3.5 mm Jack and HDMI
Power Source
5 volt via MicroUSB(DC In Only) and/or MicroUSB (OTG)
USB 2.0 Ports
2 (direct from Allwinner A20 chip)
Buttons
Reset button: Next to MicroUSB connector
Power button: Next to Reset button
UBoot button (optional): Behind HDMI connector
GPIO(2X13) pin
GPIO,UART,I2C bus,SPI bus with two chip selects,
CAN bus,ADC,PWM,+3.3v,+5v,ground.
LED
Power Status LED (Red)
Ethernet Status LED (Blue)
User Define LED (Green)
Remote
IR
Supported OS
Android/Debian/Ubuntu/Raspberry Pi/Lubuntu/OpenWrt/Kali Linux/OpenSuse
Supported Apps
Scratch
Interface definition
Product size
92 mm × 60mm
Weight
48g
Images:
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Android 4.4 screenshots:

Will it accept GPS?

Do you mean if the board contains a GPS hardware receiver?

huisinro said:
Hi,
I've been playing with the newly announced Banana Pi board for Android development, it's perfect, very performing and very stable, and very flexible. Most importantly, it runs Android 4.2 and 4.4, in addition to many Linux distributions.
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My experience with the recent Android 4.4 image on bananaPi:
- 1024x600 fixed resolution
- very laggy
- Antutu crashes most of the time, when it works I get scores <6000 (Benchmarks mean nothing, I know)
- XBMC Helix Alpha 2 uses 100% CPU (both cores) only in menu with disabled RSS, no smooth video playback possible

Right, the 4.4. image needs quite some improvement. This is the beta 1, so you know it has some bugs, overall, it's stable.
The hw 264 encoder works very well, I will post a video to show how Banana Pi screens can mirror to a PC, real time video/audio streaming

This is a video shows Banana Pi screens streaming to a PC, XBMC video can be streaming lively to a PC, demonstrates the excellent H264 encoder on Banana Pi

Another video, no rDisplay interference.
It shows how XBMC and YouTube play movies on Banana Pi

How much and where can i buy it ?

#mildlyinteresting
Android may be too limited for typical uses of such hobby boards.

Of course, it supports all kinds of Linux systems, ubuntu, raspberry os, etc.
You can download over 10 different OS images from bananapi.com and other sites.

You can now purchase Banana Pi from NewEgg,
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA6DB2337144&ignorebbr=1
$49.99 a unit, free shipping in USA

Use Android Device As A DSLR Screen

Use Android Device As A DSLR Screen
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I recently purchased a DSLR camera to take pictures of my stuffed animals. They are alive but they only come to life when I'm out of the room. I love them so much and I just want some kind of proof that they are alive so I know that I'm not throwing my heart into nothingness.
I purchased an older model DSRL that wasn't equipped with any WiFi abilities like some of the new models. I wanted to be able to view and control my camera through my tablet screen. I found out that I could use a USB OTG cable to plug my DSLR right into my tablet. Then all I needed was an app and I was up and running.
Here are the things that you will need to make this work.
1. OTG Cable
An OTG cable is an adapter that will enable you to plug a full sized USB cord directly into your Android device.
Micro USB OTG Host Adaptor
2. Android Device
You can use almost any Android device as long as you find an app that is compatible with it. I used my Sony Xperia Z3 Tablet and it worked just fine.
3. USB Cable
You probably already have one of these. You'll need a usb cable that can connect to your DSLR camera. This is the one I used to connect to my Canon camera.
USB Cable
4. (optional) DSLR phone mount
If you're using a phone, you can buy a mount that will allow you to connect your phone right to your camera. The mount in this link is meant to hold your camera and use it as a flash for your DSLR. For this project we will repurpose this device and install in backwards so your phone screen in facing you.
View attachment 3633916
ChargerCity DSLR Hot Shoe Flash Camera Mount
5. DSLR Remote App
I tried out a bunch of different apps but only found one that worked. It also happened to be one of the only ones that was also free. SCORE! I recommend trying Helicon Remote. It worked great for my Canon and was able to do everything I wanted it to do.
Download Helicon Remote
If this app doesn't work for you, then just search around until you find something that does. The term you'll be searching for is "DSLR Controller"
Now that you have everything you need, start by connecting your USB OTG cable to your android device. Then connect that to your DSLR camera using the standard USB cable and launch your DSRL Controller app. If everything works, you should be able to see the live feed from your camera and be able to control it as well!
Here are all the features that I was able to use once I was all setup.
Key features:
- Automated focus bracketing (focus bracketing, exposure bracketing and time lapse shooting can be combined in any way possible)
- Focus stacking result preview
- Extra long exposures - up to 32 min (all Canon cameras, Nikon D750 / Df / D600 / D610 / D800 / D810 / D4 / D4s / D7100 / D7200 / D5200 / D5300 / D5500)
- Advanced exposure bracketing
- Image review
- Geotagging (on devices with GPS receiver)
- Full screen Live View
- Focus areas highlighting
- Live View noise averaging
- Time lapse shooting
- Video recording
- Burst (continuous) shooting
- Hyper focal distance and DOF calculator
- Live histogram (gray/RGB)
By using my tablet as a controller for my DSLR, I was able to monitor my stuffed friends without being seen. I have not seen any movement out of them yet but I wont give up!

I absolutely love these apps. I have a large power bank strapped to my tripod for when I'm shooting video and I use my old Galaxy S5 as a monitor for my camera. Generally I use it for focus peaking as Nikon does not natively support it. I believe it's a Sony trademark.

Hello and thank you for sharing this information. I am using a Sony SLT A65 and I would like to know if this method is going to work with my camera. I should mention that my A65 does not support tethering. Thank you. [email protected]

Tearing HU apart for Boards

So mediatek 8127 trash.. Not rootable. Wouldn't keep the screen on unless I had otg hooked up. I tried everything. Anyways... I bought orange pi h3 and billion things for it; ATmega328P Nano V3 Controller Board for 3.2" OBD cluster project and tft 7". I bought a driver thinking that's all it was, but I just i'll have two 7" screens now. I bought;
----AUDIO---
900W DC-DC Boost Converter 8-60V to 10-120V 15A Step Up
TPA3116 D2 120W+120W Dual-channel
ATMEGA16U2 Board For Arduino Mega 2560 R3
LM1036 Tone Board Preamp Board Volume Treble Bass Amplifier Z2S8
(Havent bought yet) TDA7498 BTL 100W+100W High-power Digital Amplifier Board AMP With Radiator
--OBD2 cluster lcd k line gauges--
FTDI Basic Breakout 5V/3.3V Adjustable- Micro USB
3.5" tft (even thought I can't touch it.....)
k type thermocouple
--display--
It will be displaying mainly 1280x600? The tft that came with my dismantled board. I bought another driver and it has a 800
--Other stuff--
GPS- No just the anntena
It has wifi already
I have a BT board if it doesn't.. No clue.
Fm transmitter I have too.
Sooo I really don't know anything about rasp pi og pi arduino, but I do know 100$ double dins are trash. I am able to pull the fm transmitter and bt board off but that's it. I took 3 old laptops apart just to find one 40 pin monitor adapter..... but a "driver board"...... idk!
I guess I would really appreciate a smack in the head followed by a "none of that even works together"..
Ohh.. and I got 4 P1675 Punch 6.75" 3-Way Full-Range 440W speakers.. I think that's what i'm most excited about. All I was ever able to do with this double din I dismantled was sit in my room running it from a trickle charger trying everything to wipe it and get something worthwhile. So two questions.... Is there a pin diagram out there somewhere? Are they standard? All I know is it has an HP laptop kernel. 400mb mali something ur' other.. Mtk8127a. The board says "YLD-ANDROID-CORE-PCBV00". mediatek mt6323LGA 1644-AGTH. 70 pins only around the edges. NO markings for what.... Ohhh and the cover over the board says YLD-CORE-AD1616_MOO.
Second question With voltage boosters and amplifiers what else audio wise do I need concerning the board/module aspect.. Best method of transferring music that's playing from orange pi to, two TPA3116 D2 120W+120W Dual-channel's and the possible bridgable mono TDA7498 amp for my sub.... run wires... But from where? Point of origin... I feel like i'm missing a driver/board for audio or something. I've been looking into all of this for months, so sorry for not having a better idea, it's just like a candy store of 2$ 5000gig 8 channel yada yada out there. It's endless.....
Orange pi can flow with raspberry pi b+ for sure and most below i'd imagine and arduino touch screens and sensors couldn't care less. Does that sound right?
Thanks for any advice. Hopes this isn't in the wrong area. It is all being made into a headunit....
Ehhhh after looking into orange pi... The specs are there, but the support is like zero.... Glad it's so cheap to change my mind. I want nougat or oreo/rooted/cmXX/aosp anything flippin rooted. and not Kit Kat..... Seriously............ MHL one of my rooted phones into the mini hdmi or something like that..... Idk, but I just found out my options are pretty much if not only that of Kali linux. Super cool most of the time, but I don't forsee me sniffing packets from the prius at the red light...
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