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Post #11 by Bunsen
Source Forum68kMLA
CategoryPeripherals
Post DateThu, 7 Mar 2013 - 11:46
Original URLhttps://68kmla.org/bb/threads/adb-to-usb-adaptor.27010/
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Cypress Semi have some USB Host ICs which just might have enough brain onboard to do ADB conversion without needing a second micro, as well as GPIO pins for bitbanging.

Semi-related thread

If not, any of the cheap ARMs with USB host onboard should have plenty enough grunt for this. Using two Arduinos and a separate USB IC sounds like doing it the hard way to me.

If you are just more at home with AVR/Arduino, you can get them with USB host these days, too, and fast. ADB isn't exactly a fast or fat pipe; seems to me like a single micro should be able to handle bit-banging that, USB, and data conversion.

Reading the summary page on the Maxim USB device you linked above:

Any SPI master (microprocessor, ASIC, DSP, etc.) can add USB peripheral or host functionality using the simple 3- or 4-wire SPI interface.
I wonder if you could steal an ADB IC from a broken keyboard or mouse, and use that for the upstream side? Chances are that uses SPI or I2C.

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