[PLUG] nominations for cheapest, smallest, lowest-power usb device

[Keith Lofstrom]

On Thu, Nov 15, 2007 at 11:49:03AM -0800, Russell Senior wrote:
> >>>>> "Russell" == Russell Senior <russell at personaltelco.net> writes:
> 
> Russell> I am looking for a cheapest, smallest, lowest-power usb
> Russell> device that also provides a vendor id to the usb-bus.  It
> Russell> also helps if it doesn't transmit on 2.4 GHz.  Google doesn't
> Russell> respond to this kind of query very well.  Any suggestions?
> 
> Oh.  Just to complicate things, the suggestion should not be a
> usb-storage, usb-audio or usb-serial device.

I would guess a usb "security" dongle.  I suspect that does not
meet your criteria, because to use one requires a special driver
which is usually closed source and taints the kernel, and they
usually come with software that costs big bux.  When the ICED
software I am helping with releases sources (Real Soon Now), there
will be a few thousand no-longer-needed dongles for that, scattered
around the world.

Keith

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