Micro-SD Card Slot Abused As VGA-Port

Posted by Soulskill on Saturday May 7, 2011 @01:22AM from the hack-it-till-it-fits dept.

dvdkhlng writes "The Ben NanoNote open-source hand-held computer has often been criticized for not being very extensible hardware-wise. A community effort now starts to challenge this by shipping the so-called UBB board, which plugs into the micro-SD port, making 6 I/O lines available to hardware hackers. The most impressive use so far is this VGA port implemented by just a few resistors, with signal-generation mostly controlled by software. The guy who did this calls it an 'unexpected capability.' Schematics and source code are available under the GPL."

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Re:I tried by JockTroll · 2011-05-07 02:32 · Score: 2, Funny

Yes, it was an 8" floppy and she wasn't CP/M compatible.

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Re:Why? by Jafafa+Hots · 2011-05-07 04:18 · Score: 4, Funny

Why comment on slashdot articles? What's that going to achieve?

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Re:I tried by darthdavid · 2011-05-07 05:09 · Score: 2, Funny

When he took it out again there was a virus on it...