[KwartzLab] Buzzcard

[John Van Ostrand]

Attached is an image of the card. The blob is probably hiding the actually IC.

----- Original Message -----
> 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.
> >
> >> 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?
> >>
> >> --
> >> John Van Ostrand
> >> CTO, co-CEO
> >> Net Direct Inc.
> >> 564 Weber St. N. Unit 12, Waterloo, ON N2L 5C6
> >> Ph: 866-883-1172 x5102
> >> Fx: 519-883-8533
> >>
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John Van Ostrand 
CTO, co-CEO 
Net Direct Inc. 
564 Weber St. N. Unit 12, Waterloo, ON N2L 5C6 
Ph: 866-883-1172 x5102 
Fx: 519-883-8533 

Linux Solutions / IBM Hardware 

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