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wallcraft · 01-03-2009, 12:46 PM

The PRS-700 has a "NXP ISP1504 Hi-Speed USB OTG 2.0 Tranciever", see Igorsk's PRS-700 main board front.

USB OTG is "On-The-Go", it defines a dual-role device, which can act as either a host or peripheral, and can connect to either a PC or other portable devices through the same connector. OTG hosts are only required to provide a small amount of power, which may not be enough to connect to a non-OTG peripheral.

I think this means that the "hardware" part of the equation is there for attaching a keyboard to the PRS-700, but I don't see software support being likely unless OpenInkPot (say) is ported to the PRS-700.

OTG is now relatively common, but I don't know if it is on the older PRS-505.

01-03-2009, 12:46 PM	#5
wallcraft reader Posts: 6,977 Karma: 5183568 Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Mississippi, USA Device: Kindle 3, Kobo Glo HD	The PRS-700 has a "NXP ISP1504 Hi-Speed USB OTG 2.0 Tranciever", see Igorsk's PRS-700 main board front. USB OTG is "On-The-Go", it defines a dual-role device, which can act as either a host or peripheral, and can connect to either a PC or other portable devices through the same connector. OTG hosts are only required to provide a small amount of power, which may not be enough to connect to a non-OTG peripheral. I think this means that the "hardware" part of the equation is there for attaching a keyboard to the PRS-700, but I don't see software support being likely unless OpenInkPot (say) is ported to the PRS-700. OTG is now relatively common, but I don't know if it is on the older PRS-505.