Downstream USB ports
Posted: Tue Jun 02, 2009 5:31 am
I'm tinkering with V-USB to create a drop-in driver board replacement for the IBM Model M. Following the existing projects for this is well and good, but I want to add two downstream USB ports to the board, mainly for connecting a mouse and card-swiper. The Dulcimer at http://www.schatenseite.de/dulcimer.html?L=2 uses an ATmega32 and uses up all the available pins. Assuming I find an ATmega of some sort with enough pins to drive some downstream ports, will the chip have enough horsepower to do this? Alternatively, would someone please suggest something to run as a USB hub?