I have a friend that has a product that uses an FTDI chip set http://www.ftdichip....rivers/D2XX.htm. If I understand it/(him) correctly... it exposes two USB ports. 1 is a "Host" port (which I gather works like a PC's USB port). His device uses this port for something else. The second port is only a "slave?/client?" port (which I gather is like a jump drive).
He planned on using this second port to connect to a MiniPC so his product could be managed over the Internet via a web interface (that I would write). The FTDI chip set provides an excellent set of libraries for everything under the Sun... except for a Netduino.
I see on the link above that they even provide drivers for other architectures like Windows CE 4.2 – 6.0 for ARM, MIP SII, MIP SIV, SH4.I proposed to him that the Netduino might be a great fit (low power, no heavy OS, no disk, no fan… etc…). Of his shopping list of requirements the only one I couldn’t satisfy immediately was actually interfacing to the product through this second FTDI port. Is this even possible to connect to our MicroUSB port on a Netduino+? If so, how would I go about interfacing through it?
Thanks for your help!
