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mogor
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Posted by mogor: Mon. Oct 5, 2009 - 08:12 PM
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Hi,

I'm looking for a simple USB master solution. The goal is to read USB joystick.
I was thinking about pure software solution but this is not the main factor. To be honest I'm not sure what USB microcontrollers are offered by Atmel now. I found ATmega8U2 but can't find them at Farnell. Is Atmel producing those chips or just preparing for production?

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AVR Microcontrollers, megaAVR and tinyAVR, ATmega8, ATmega8U2
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Posted by jayjay1974: Mon. Oct 5, 2009 - 09:18 PM
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Unfortunately USB master/host solutions are less easier then USB device/slave solutions.

You need an USB AVR that can also acts as host, that's either the USB647 or the USB1287.

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Posted by theatrus: Mon. Oct 5, 2009 - 10:19 PM
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The MegaU series is "brand new", so not easy to find.

However, the AT90USB1287 is capable of this, combined with LUFA.

StackFoundry (AVR32, Open Source Hardware) | Blog

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Posted by mogor: Tue. Oct 6, 2009 - 08:00 AM
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Thanks for the responses, now I have more clearer view.
AT90USB1287 cost 10€, USB647 11€. That's too much for my project. It seems good old PSX joy solution would be better.

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Posted by rledyard: Sat. Oct 10, 2009 - 06:04 PM
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@mogor

This guy did a whole set of articles on making a USB host shield for an Arduino:

http://www.circuitsathome.com/ca...

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Posted by RickB: Sat. Oct 10, 2009 - 06:38 PM
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USB 2.0 low speed host on ATmega32.

http://instruct1.cit.cornell.edu/courses/ee476/FinalProjects/s2007/blh36_cdl28_dct23/blh36_cdl28_dct23/index.html#codelisting

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