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Problem with using driver on Vista 64bit

This is a chronological continuation of this question. I have simplified my board so it runs well with the DDK version of BulkUSB on 32bit versions of XP and Vista, but I'm not able to install it on Vista 64.(built with amd64 fre) I've been able to make windows recognize the files it needs to install, using both BulkUSB and USBSamp, but ...

Where can I start with programmable Hardware?

I've had a desire to learn at least a tiny bit about programming hardware for quite some time now and thought I'd ask here to get some starting points. I am a reasonably accomplished programmer with Delphi and Objective-c experience but have never even listened to a device port / interupt (I dont even know the terminology) let alone pro...

How do I flash an LED, using libftdi v0.18?

It's a FT2232D chip, and the LED is connected to BDBUS6. The library is less documented than I might like (better than FTDI's own library though, which doesn't even work on modern kernels), the only example code I can find that does this uses a deprecated function (I tried, it doesn't seem to work), and I'm absolutely stumped. The har...

Andriod USB communication

I need my app to connect to a PC via USB cable and continuously send/receive data. I wanna use ObjectInputStream/OutputStream for this. Is TCP the only way? Is the only way to have ADB installed and use ADB forward for this? Can't I transfer data without the user to have ADB installed? Thanks. ...

Control a USB light via software

I have a little USB-powered light. I'd like to be able to turn it on and off with software. I'll be attaching it to a Linux computer. I have an Atmel ATtiny2313 from a previous project, but I'd rather do this with a simple hack than repurpose my microcontroller. Is this possible? I suspect this can't be done as the computer won't talk t...

how to enable and configure USB OTG for device mode on iMX31 Litekit ?

I need to configure USB OTG on iMX31 for device mode. We need a raw channel between the host and target and usb seems to be the best suited. However I haven't been able to correctly configure the OTG controller. I dont know what I am missing. I have performed the steps mentioned in section 32.14.1 of iMX31 Reference Manual. I have also c...

How to capture input from USB?

Searching found many answers along the lines of it depends on the device driver", but I don't think that it's that way here. I have a cheap & nasty RFID tag reader. You just have to open notepad, touch a tag to the read and its serial number appears in notepad (I have not tried it in Linux). Anyhoo, how can I programatically capture th...

T-Mobile G1 won't appear in 'adb devices' list

I'm trying to connect to connect to my T-Mobile G1 to test a simple android app I an creating. I cannot get it to show up in the list of connected android devices. Here are the details: 32-bit Windows XP I have enabled USB Debugging on my device I am not prompted with the New Hardware Wizard when I plug my device in, it is merely seen...

Read input from USB IR Receiver

I've an IR Receiver. There aren't drivers for Mac. I find this device in IORegistryExplorer, now i want read inputs from this device. ...

Can iPhone receive and store files as if it were a USB thumbdrive?

I have an external device w/ a USB port. The device periodically writes files to a USB flash drive in the USB port. I would like to be able to plug an iPhone into the USB port and have the files written and stored on the iPhone instead of a USB flash drive. The intention is to have an iPhone app running when the phone is plugged into th...

Accessing IPhone/IPod-Touch USB port? (with jailbreak)

How can I use the USB-port of a jailbroken IPod? I found this app, it emulates a mass-storage device with an IPod, so it definitely is possible. USBDrive app link. I don't want something that complicated, just sent and receive a few bytes. Unfortunately it needs to be over USB, but i have no idea how they do it. My guess is they either...

Formatting usb flash drive on Mac OS X

Good Day, How can I format an USB flash drive using cocoa frameworks or carbon? Is there any functions to make it? Thanks, Vlad ...

C#: Android phone control

Would it be possible to control/interface with an Android phone through USB in a WinForm application? Is there any library for that, without using any original Android tool (ADB, fastboot)? ...

How do interface a LIDAR device with MATLAB?

I have a Hokuyo USB LADAR/LIDAR. I have problem with interfacing or connecting it to MATLAB/Simulink, such that I can do all the processing in those software packages. I have already asked Hokuyo. They only provide C++ program interface (sample programming guide and libraries). How do I interface this to MATLAB/Simulink? ...

Programmatically find the IP address of the desktop over USB tethering

Hi, Is there a way to find the IP address of the desktop machine connected the android phone after USB tethering is turned on? Does android assign a fixed IP address to the desktop? Or does it assign a dynamic address (dhcp)? Is there a PPP connection created between the phone and machine? Thanks a lot! ...

Why can't certain USB Mass Storage Devices be detected by some hardware?

I am trying to modify a mass storage driver using the composite usb framework to allow an embedded mass storage device to be visible on my Xbox 360. I have confirmed that this is not a simple VendorID/ProductID block. I would like to understand what specifically prevents some devices, say the Xbox 360, from seeing certain mass storage ...

booting from a Windows Vista drive that used to be C drive but now in a USB case

Hi I have upgraded my laptop with a solid state drive and Windows 7. I still have the old Vista install on the old hard drive. I would like to be able to boot up from the old hard drive without having to swap out the two hard drives in the laptop. I have put it in a usb case and selected it as the boot drive. When I start the system...

How to Detect when a CD / DVD / USB Inserted or Removed and Get Drive Letter ?

I want to detect when a Disk ( CD / DVD ) or an USB inserted or removed. I know that I should work with WM_DEVICECHANGE message , but my problem is getting the Volume ( Letter ) of the Drive , I tried to Get it by WMI Query and Win32_VolumeChangeEvent too but I could not! there is an Example and work fine , how can I do this by Delphi?...

Program LED with just USB port

I want to control LED with C# using only USB port. I don't want to attach any other device with USB. I just want to attach LED directly to USB port pins and program it (blink etc). How can i do that? I am new to hardware programming and it will be my first program. EDIT: I can do it already (blink LED) using printer port by attaching on...

Application dedicated Android Device is it possible?

I have been tasked with sourcing an off the shelf touch pad device that can be used as a dedicated industrial instrument controller. Is it possible to run a dedicated application and prevent user access to all other functions/applications within Android. Also is it possible write your own USB device driver which would allow you to conne...