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

[alan]

On Thu, 15 Nov 2007, Russell Senior wrote:

>>>>>> "Keith" == Keith Lofstrom <keithl at kl-ic.com> writes:
>
> Keith> 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?
>
> Russell> Oh.  Just to complicate things, the suggestion should not be
> Russell> a usb-storage, usb-audio or usb-serial device.
>
> Keith> I would guess a usb "security" dongle.  I suspect that does not
> Keith> meet your criteria, because to use one requires a special
> Keith> driver which is usually closed source and taints the kernel,
> Keith> and they usually come with software that costs big bux.
>
> Yeah, someone had suggested the security dongle to me before, which
> sounds good from a power and size point of view.  I don't care about
> no drivers, all I need it for is a unique vendor id.  But, it was hard
> to find anything for sale online that looked anything but encumbered
> in all sorts of software tangles.

If you only care about a vendor ID, then why care about software?

Besides, if it is not supported you could hand it to Greg K-H and get him 
to write drivers.

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