The FTDI chips might be a good fit - the FT232 and FT245 allow bit-banged I/O, and the new FT2232C is SPI- and I2C-capable. Though I suspect that Octavio's going for a no-parts solution... On Tue, 17 Aug 2004 09:37:05 -0400, Josh Koffman wrote: > While it is a cool idea, I don't think it will work. Remember hubs and > such. What would happen if you plugged your dongle into a hub? Maybe > if you used an FTDI USB converter chip. They are pretty small, so you > could still fit it into a connector. > > Josh > -- > A common mistake that people make when trying to design something > completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete > fools. > -Douglas Adams > > On Tue, 17 Aug 2004 10:08:59 -0300, Octavio Nogueira > > > wrote: > > >Why ever would you want to do that? > > Let's suppose I put a 24C256 in a USB connector. > > > > I can get 5V from the bus and have 2 data pins I > > can use as DATA and CLOCK. > > > > If I put this on a USB port the PC won't even recognize it but > > if I can make a Delphi software to talk to it, I can read it. > > > > I know it's a crazy idea, but... > > -- > http://www.piclist.com#nomail Going offline? Don't AutoReply us! > email listserv@mitvma.mit.edu with SET PICList DIGEST in the body > -- -Randy Glenn Computer Eng. and Mgt. Year IV, McMaster University Chair, McMaster IEEE Student Branch randy.glenn-at-gmail.com - glennrb-at-mcmaster.ca randy.glenn-at-computer.org - randy_glenn-at-ieee.org http://www.randyglenn.ca -- http://www.piclist.com#nomail Going offline? Don't AutoReply us! email listserv@mitvma.mit.edu with SET PICList DIGEST in the body