Re: Connect HDD to PDA

I am about to use external HDD case with external power supply ...


"Jordon" <jordon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> pí¹e v diskusním pøíspìvku
news:11os3efiq235cb9@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> If you can accomplish what you want to, the power needed to keep
> those disks spinning at 7,200 RPM would probably deplete the PDA
> batteries in no time.
>
> Jordon
>
> "Chimal" wrote
>> Thanks Beverly, I understand what you want to say. But my idea is to try
> to
>> connect HDD to PDA throught SDIO interface. Perhaps it cannot be done,
>> but
> I
>> am wondering to make some interfece SDIO - USB and connect USB HDD this
> way.
>> Problem is, that I can´t find much information about developing devices
>> on
>> SDIO interface (how they are interpreted in PDA, how do they communicate,
>> what driver do they use ...)
>> But thanks anyway.
>> Chimal
>>
>>
>> "Beverly Howard [Ms-MVP/MobileDev]" <BevNoSpamBevHoward.com> píse v
>> diskusním príspevku news:OhFsIda9FHA.636@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> > >> So other question is. Is it possible to download drivers for WinCE
>> > or other OS to support these HDDs throught USB host (or other devices)
> or
>> > is it already in the standard "pack" in installed OS. <<
>> >
>> > Again, accessing a standard usb hdd device from a pocketpc is not a
> driver
>> > issue, it is a hardware issue.
>> >
>> > If the pocketpc hardware supports host connections ("host" means a
>> > device's ability to connect to usb hardware devices such as usb hard
>> > drives) the os supports most, if not all, mass storage devices which
>> > use
>> > standardized usb drivers.
>> >
>> > And, again, just trying to save you time and frustration, you need to
> know
>> > that the vast majority of pocketpc and other wince devices DO NOT HAVE
> USB
>> > HOST CAPABILITIES built into their hardware and therefore they cannot
>> > achieve this capability through the installation of software drivers.
>> >
>> > Beverly Howard [MS MVP-Mobile Devices]
>>
>>
>
>


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