[KwartzLab] Buzzcard

[Karl Williams]

I meant to write PIC18F2550

> Cool. Did you open it up to see which microcontroller they're using. I've
> built similar HID devices with the Microchip PIC2250 with built in USB
> 2.0.
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>> I just received an http://www.Buzzcard.com from Computer Associates.
>> It's
>> a credit card with a USB plug. Thinking it was a storage device that I
>> might be able to co-opt for another purpose I put it in my Linux
>> desktop.
>> It typed a string of numbers into the shell I was in! This isn't a
>> storage
>> device. It registers as a keyboard device and actually types into your
>> computer.
>>
>> We scrounged up a Windows PC here and opened the Run dialog and launched
>> the URL above. We tried it in Mac OS X and it launched a browser and
>> filled in the URL.
>> I'm curious to know more about this. Anyone else interested in playing
>> with this?
>>
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