crazyness003
November 16th, 2008, 10:22 PM
Hello. I was just crawling the net to find a suitable bluetooth dongle for use on my (non-internal) Laptop [HP Pavilion tx1308nr] and i keep seeing these tiny USB ones, but they are a a bit more money than the usual-sized USB ones ($30 for tiny (http://www.google.com/products?hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=com.ubuntu:en-US:unofficial&hs=uGU&q=small+usb+bluetooth&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=X&oi=product_result_group&resnum=1&ct=title) and $7 for regular (http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=3244300&CatId=909)). Then I realized i dont wanna use somethign that big, i'll breakit it in an instant, hanging about 6cm from my lappy; is kinda un-intuitive.
So, i came up with the bright idea of buying a cheap, regular-sized USB dongle and use a microSD-to-SD adapter.
Basically take all the internals of the USB dongle and cram them into the microSD adapter.
ADVANTAGES:
Frees up your USB jack
All self-contained, nothing hanging out form-factor (since they break easily)
May be used in other SD capable devices (cameras, phones, etc)
DISADVANTAGES:
Is it even possible
May reduce range, due to internal design
Compatibility issues due to standards noncompliance
I know, I can just buy SD Bluetooth now, but look at the cost. $100+!!! (http://www.google.com/products/catalog?q=SD+bluetooth&oe=utf-8&cid=5540670803471495844#ps-sellers)
So I was wondering:
1. Has anyone ever seen anything like this done before?
2. Is it a 'Hackable' project worth trying?
3. Would there be a better place to post a question like this? Maybe a hardware forum that does these kinds of things, that im not aware of.
4. Would this interfere with the SD standards? (evidently there is somethign called SDIO or SD I/O [See this (http://www.sdcard.org/developers/tech/sdio/) and THIS (http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-sdio.htm)]
Any reply would be appreciated, even if someone calls me a cheapo-idiot (usually being the guys and gals that make things better :))
Thanks
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So, i came up with the bright idea of buying a cheap, regular-sized USB dongle and use a microSD-to-SD adapter.
Basically take all the internals of the USB dongle and cram them into the microSD adapter.
ADVANTAGES:
Frees up your USB jack
All self-contained, nothing hanging out form-factor (since they break easily)
May be used in other SD capable devices (cameras, phones, etc)
DISADVANTAGES:
Is it even possible
May reduce range, due to internal design
Compatibility issues due to standards noncompliance
I know, I can just buy SD Bluetooth now, but look at the cost. $100+!!! (http://www.google.com/products/catalog?q=SD+bluetooth&oe=utf-8&cid=5540670803471495844#ps-sellers)
So I was wondering:
1. Has anyone ever seen anything like this done before?
2. Is it a 'Hackable' project worth trying?
3. Would there be a better place to post a question like this? Maybe a hardware forum that does these kinds of things, that im not aware of.
4. Would this interfere with the SD standards? (evidently there is somethign called SDIO or SD I/O [See this (http://www.sdcard.org/developers/tech/sdio/) and THIS (http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-sdio.htm)]
Any reply would be appreciated, even if someone calls me a cheapo-idiot (usually being the guys and gals that make things better :))
Thanks
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