USB compatibility list
From Pandora Wiki
For a more general idea of what will work on the Pandora, check the USB reference page.
Contents
Devices
Networking
Please see the Mobile broadband page for tips on how to get these working, as well as this tutorial from the GP32X forum.
HSDPA (3G) Modems
| Device | Driver | Connector | Supported standard | Current draw | Suggested connection to Pandora | Works in Linux | Works on Pandora | Additional comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Huawei E156G | Not required | Standard-A | USB 2.0 | Unknown | Standard-A port | Yes | Yes | source: [1] |
| Huawei E160 | Not required | Standard-A | USB 2.0 | 250mA | Standard-A port | Yes | Yes | |
| Huawei E160E | Not required | Standard-A | USB 2.0 | 250mA | Standard-A port | Yes | Yes | |
| Huawei E1750 | Not required | Standard-A | USB 2.0 | Unknown | Standard-A port | Yes | Yes | source: [2] |
| Huawei E220 | Not required | Standard-A | USB 1.1 | 250mA | Standard-A port via High Speed hub | Yes | Not on new kernels. | The successful Pandora E220 tests were done by DJWillis on an old kernel (long before Pandora shipped). It seems that they are NOT working any more. |
| 4G-Systems XS Stick P14 | Not required (usbserial module) | standard-A | USB 2.0 | Unknown | Standard-A port | Yes | Yes | Source: [3] Requires usbmodeswitch program. |
| iPhone 3GS (Probably also 1G/3G) | ipheth | Standard-A | USB 2.0 | 500mA | USB A (Standard-A port?) | Yes | Should work in Angstrom with some work. | Requires a good bit of dependencies to get working. Tested with Debian from SD, but should work in Angstrom with some work. The ipheth wwan0 device only provides a connection over the 3G modem, even if you're connected to a wifi network. I used the iproxy and SSH tunneling method with proxychains to get to the wifi network. |
| HTC Desire | not required | Standard-A | USB 2.0 | 500mA | USB A (Standard-A port?) | Yes | Yes | Requires internet connection sharing to be enabled from the phone. |
USB to Ethernet adapters
To enable USB Ethernet adapters on the Pandora, you may need to left-click the networking icon on the panel in Xfce, and select "Ifupdown (bnep0)".
| Device | Driver | Connector | Supported standard | Current draw | Suggested connection to Pandora | Works in Linux | Works on Pandora | Additional comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apple USB Ethernet Adapter MB442Z/A | Not required | Standard-A | USB 2.0 | Unknown | Standard-A port | Yes | Yes | Reportedly uses an ASIX AX88xxx chipset. |
| Conrad 3-Port-USB-Hub und Netzwerk-Adapter | Not required | Standard-A | USB 2.0 | A lot! 50% of battery charge only brings you 2h40min (min brightness, no other devices attached) | Standard-A port | No | Yes | Has a 3port USB Hub included. External power supply can (and should) be attached, not included though. ASIX Chipset. 20€ @ Conrad Electronics. |
| Wii USB 2.0 10/100M adapter (use ASIX AX 88772 USB 2.0 chip) | Not required | Standard-A | USB 2.0 | 250mA | Standard-A port | Yes | Yes | ID 0b95:7720 ASIX Electronics Corp. AX88772 . This clone from DealExtreme works too. |
| Connectland USB 2.0 10/100M Ethernet Adapter | Not required | Standard-A | USB 2.0 | 250mA | Standard-A port | Yes | Yes | ID 0b95:7720 ASIX Electronics Corp. AX88772 - Works fine, Sometimes a reboot is necessary (ZaxxonHF5RC1). |
| Belkin Gigabit USB 2.0 Network Adapter | Not required | Standard-A | USB 2.0 | Unknown | Standard-A port | Yes | Yes | The shape of it make is a bit awkward to fit if you connect it directly, but it has a short adapter cable. I only get ~95Mbit on a gigabit network, but then the pandora's cpu maxes out. (it may be that the driver/usb stack isn't very well optimized), has horribly bright blue LEDs. |
| MosChip MCS7830 USB 10/100 Ethernet adapter | Not required | Standard-A | USB 2.0 | Unknown | Standard-A port | Yes | Yes | ID 9710:7830 MosChip Semiconductor MCS7830 10/100 Mbps Ethernet adapter. Kernel module: mcs7830. |
| EU.MARK USB 10/100M RJ45 Ethernet Network Adapter Dongle | Not required | Standard-A | USB 2.0 | Unknown | Standard-A port | Yes | Yes | USB ID: 9710:7830 - bought from DealExtreme |
| Digitus DN-10050 Fast Ethernet USB Adapter | Not required | Standard-A | USB 2.0 | Unknown | Standard-A port | Yes | Yes | MosChip MCS7830-based adapter. USB ID 9710:7830. |
| Edimax EU-4230 Fast Ethernet USB Adapter with 3-port USB hub | Not required | Standard-A | USB 2.0 | Unknown | Standard-A port | Yes | Yes | Ethernet USB ID 0b95:772a ASIX Electronics Corp. 3-port USB2.0 hub USB ID 0409:005a NEC Corp. Optional power adapter for USB hub. Datasheet here |
USB WiFi adapters
The Pandora stock kernel doesn't seem to come with any wireless driver support outside of the internal WiFi chip. The only way you'll get wireless working is to build your own kernel with it included or try compat-wireless.
See also this thread on the forums for the latest.
| Device | Driver | Connector | Supported standard | Current draw | Suggested connection to Pandora | Tested in Linux | Tested on Pandora | Additional comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belkin N1 Wireless USB Adapter (F5D8051) ("Ver. 2053") (MARVELL v1021) | N/A | Standard-A | USB 2.0 | Unknown | Not connecting it at all. | Reported to work with ndiswrapper. | No native driver support and ndiswrapper obviously won't work. | There's a previous revision of this dongle which is supposed to have a Ralink chip, but they revised it and put a different chip inside. |
| Cisco/Linksys AE1000 High Performance Wireless-N USB Adapter | rt3572sta (RT3572USB) | Standard-A | USB 2.0 | Unknown | USB A | Reportedly works. | Works with a modified driver. | (Compiled module for pandora:pandora forum) Download the driver from ralink's driver site, edit ./common/rtusb_dev_id.c, before "#endif // RT2870" add "{USB_DEVICE(0x13B1,0x002F)},", compile.' |
Storage
External Hard Disk Drives
| Device | Driver | Connector | Supported standard | Current draw | Suggested connection to Pandora | Works on Pandora | Additional comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Freecom 250GB 2.5" portable | Not Required | Standard-A | USB 2.0 | Unknown | Direct | Yes | Inside it's a Samsung Model HM251JX so I guess anything based on that will also work OK. |
| LaCie Rikiki 250GB USB 2.0 2.5" Hard Drive | Not required | standard-A | USB 2.0 | Unknown | Standard-A port via powered High Speed Hub | Not when unpowered, needs testing with a powered hub | Not only does it fail to spin up, but it causes the Pandora's screen to pulsate wildly, much like an old CRT would if you placed a speaker or a magnet near to it. Not tested with a powered hub. |
| Seagate Seagate® Expansion™ External Drives | Not required | Standard-A | USB 2.0 | Unknown | Direct | No | Tested by Hitnrun. "Isn't even detected in lsusb (drive powered by external power source)" |
| Verbatim 250GB Model #47580 Hard Drive | Not required | Direct | USB 2.0 | Unknown | Direct | Yes | Tested by almatuk. "Watched videos directly from it at full speed, no need for powered USB hub. Had issues playing roms directly off it however as it was formatted NTFS. I'm sure if I formatted to FAT32 these would disappear." |
| Western Digital 160GB Elements External USB 2.0 2.5" Hard Drive | Not required | Standard-A | USB 2.0 | Unknown | standard-A port via powered High Speed Hub | Yes | |
| Western Digital 250GB Elements Portable USB 2.0 2.5" Hard Drive | Not required | Standard-A | USB 2.0 | Unknown | Direct or standard-A port via High Speed Hub | Yes | |
| Western Digital 250GB My Passport Essential USB 2.0 2.5" Hard Drive | Not required | Direct? | USB 2.0 | Unknown | Direct? | Maybe | Tested by TheDarkSpectrum48K. The first time it "works perfectly!". The second time it didn't work. |
| Western Digital 400GB My Passport Essential USB 2.0 2.5" HDD model WDME4000TE | Not required | Standard-A | USB 2.0 | Unknown | Direct | Yes | Tested by Peca. |
| Western Digital 500GB Elements Portable External Hard Drive | Not required | Standard-A | USB 2.0 | Unknown | Direct | Yes | Tested by Esn. The USB cable that came with it was bad, so I used another one.[4] |
| Western Digital 500GB My Passport Essential External Hard Drive | Not required | Standard-A | USB 2.0 | Unknown | Direct | Yes | Tested by Esn. Works fine. Came pre-formatted in NTFS, but should work if you downloaded the community codec pack. It said 1TB on the packaging, but there was 465GB free space, so I'm pretty sure it was actually the 500GB one.[5] |
| Western Digital 1TB My Passport Essential SE External USB 2.0 2.5" Hard Drive | Not required | Standard-A | USB 2.0 | Unknown | Direct or through powered High Speed Hub | Yes | Tested by Mycohl. Externally powered hub recommended to conserve battery power. |
| Western Digital Elements 2TB 3.5" Hard Drive Model:WDBAAU0020HBK | Not Required | Standard-A | USB 2.0 | Unknown | Direct | Yes | Tested by kilowatt. |
DVD/CD Drives
| Device | Driver | Connector | Supported standard | Current draw | Suggested connection to Pandora | Works in Linux | Works on Pandora | Additional comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lite-On EZ-DUB DVD/CD Multi-Recorder (Model eZAU120) | Not required | Standard-A | USB 2.0 | Powered by included mains adapter - DC 12V 1.8A | Standard-A port | Yes | No | |
| Memorex 20x Multi Format DVD Recorder External - DVD±RW (±R DL) | Not required | Standard-A | USB 2.0 | Powered by included mains adapter | Standard-A port | Yes | Yes |
Video display device
VGA DVI HDMI adapter
No devices have been tested yet
| Device | Driver | Connector | Supported standard | Current draw | Output connectors | Works in Linux | Works on Pandora | Additional comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No devices have been tested yet |
External graphic card
| Device | Driver | Connector | Supported standard | Current draw | Output connectors | Works in Linux | Works on Pandora | Additional comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tritton see2 usb 2.0 to SVGA adapter | sisusb | USB | USB 2.0 | High Reduces Pandora's battery life in half (10h → 4h) | VGA (D-SUB) | Yes | Yes, but has performance issues. | Needs to be integrated with preferences. Currently I must edit xorg.conf and mess with xinerama. Good for presentations, dragging a window is bearable, but hi-res video is slow. |
Video capture device
Webcams
| Device | Driver | Connector | Supported standard | Current draw | Suggested connection to Pandora | Works in Linux | Works on Pandora | Additional comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Exoo No Driver/USB 2.0 Webcam (Model No.: M053) | Not required | Standard-A | USB 2.0 | Unknown | Standard-A port | Yes | No | Bought from DealExtreme |
| Logitech Quickcam Communicate Deluxe | Not required | Standard-A | USB 2.0 | Unknown | Standard-A port | Yes | No | USB ID: 046d:0992, works though uvcvideo |
| Logitech HD Webcam C270 720p | Not required | Standard-A | USB 2.0 | 500mA | Standard-A port | Yes | Yes, but audio untested | ID 046d:0825 Logitech, Inc. Audio recognized, but not tested. More info to come. |
Audio devices
Microphones/recorders
| Device | Driver | Connector | Supported standard | Current draw | Suggested connection to Pandora | Works in Linux | Works on Pandora | Additional comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zoom H2 Handy Recorder | not required | standard-A | USB 1.1 | 300mA | USB hub | Yes | Yes, needs a USB hub. | Can record into Audacity, but won't be recognized unless connected through USB hub.[6] |
MIDI controllers
EvilDragon bundled the usb MIDI class drivers in the default firmware image, therefore ANY class-compliant MIDI device should work with the Pandora, out of the box.[7]
| Device | Driver | Connector | Supported standard | Current draw | Suggested connection to Pandora | Works on Pandora | Additional comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Akai LKP25 | Not required | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Yes | source |
| M-Audio MIDISPORT 2x2 Anniv | Not required | Unknown | Unknown | 400mA | Unknown | Unknown | ID 0763:1050 Midiman. High current draw! |
USB audio controllers
Aka. "professional soundcard"; see definition on Wikipedia.
| Device | Driver | Connector | Supported standard | Current draw | Suggested connection to Pandora | Works in Linux | Works on Pandora | Additional comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cakewalk UA-1G | not required | Standard-A | USB 2.0 | 200mA | Standard-A port | Yes Not tested myself but widely reported to work. | No | ID 0582:00e9 Roland Corp. This device may be similar to older Edirol/Roland USB audio devices. |
Input device
Any HID (Human Interface Device) compliant keyboard, mouse or game controller should work on the Pandora. Most of those device are low speed or full speed USB device and will need to be connected though either a USB OTG adapter/cable or a USB2 hub in order to work on the Pandora.
External Game Controllers
| Device | Driver | Connector | Supported standard | Current draw | Suggested connection to Pandora | Works in Linux | Works on Pandora | Additional comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2-TECH SNES-to-USB adapter | Not required | Standard-A | Low speed | Unknown | Standard-A port via High Speed Hub | Yes | Yes | USB description is "HuiJia USB GamePad", lsusb calls it "0e8f:3013 GreenAsia Inc." |
| USB Super RetroPort (SNES-to-USB adapter) | Not required | Standard-A | Probably USB 1.1 | Unknown | Standard-A port via High Speed Hub | Yes | No | Bought from RetroZone |
| USB RetroPort (NES-to-USB adapter) | Not required | Standard-A | Probably USB 1.1 | Unknown | Standard-A port via High Speed Hub | Yes | No | Bought from RetroZone |
| Trio Linker Plus II (PlayStation,-GameCube,-and-Dreamcast-to-USB adapter) | Not required | Standard-A | Probably USB 1.1 | Unknown | Standard-A port via High Speed Hub | Yes | No | Bought from Play-Asia |
| NAZAR V47 USB Force Feedback Vibrating Gamepad Controller for PC | Not required | Standard-A | Probably USB 1.1 | Unknown | Standard-A port via High Speed Hub | Yes | No | Whether it really contains the claimed force feedback feature is unknown as this feature does not work under Linux - bought from DealExtreme |
| 10-Fire-Button Double Vibration Feedback USB PC Arcade Joystick | Not required | Standard-A | Probably USB 1.1 | Unknown | Standard-A port via High Speed Hub | Yes | No | Whether it really contains the claimed force feedback feature is unknown as this feature does not work under Linux - bought from DealExtreme |
| Official PlayStation 3 controller | Not required | Standard-A | Full speed | Unknown | USB A To Mini B Cable via High Speed Hub | Yes | No | This is for USB not bluetooth compatibility. Sixaxis and DualShock not tested. |
| Thrustmaster Firestorm Digital 3 Gamepad | Not required | Standard-A | Low speed | Unknown | Standard-A port via High Speed Hub | Yes | Yes | ID 07b5:0213 Mega World International, Ltd Thrustmaster Firestorm Digital 3 Gamepad |
| Wired Xbox 360 Controller | xpad module | Standard-A | Probably USB 1.1 | Unknown | Standard-A port via High Speed Hub | Yes | No | This also includes gamepads for PC that needs the Windows Xinput driver. Such gamepads include the Logitech Chillstream. |
| WiseGroup.,Ltd SmartJoy Dual PLUS Adapter (dual PSX to USB joypad adapter) | Unknown | Standard-A | Unknown | 100mA | Unknown | Yes | No | ID 6677:8802 |
Graphics tablets
| Device | Driver | Connector | Supported standard | Current draw | Works in Linux | Works on Pandora | Additional comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bamboo Multitouch | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Yes | Doesn't work |
| Genius Tablet | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Yes | Works via USB2 hub |
| Wacom CTH-460 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | No | Doesn't work. Needs a patched driver. |
| Wacom Volito2 Tablet (Model: CTF-420) | Not required | Standard-A | Low speed | 40mA (Source) | Yes | No | USB ID: 056a:0062 |
Mice
| Device | Connector | Works on Pandora | Additional comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apple Mouse (M5769) | USB | No | Seems to disable USB port, reboot afterwards required |
| Apple Mouse with Scroll Ball (A1152) | USB | No | Seems to disable USB port, reboot afterwards required |
Connectors, adapters, and hubs
This section is intended as a general guide. Items in this section are standard USB accessories, so drivers are not required. Compatibility with Pandora is assumed. Please note that any external product links are provided for reference only, and are not an endorsement.
OTG (On The Go) Adapters
| Device | Works on Pandora | Additional comments |
|---|---|---|
| Generic adapter | No | [Find on eBay] [Find on Amazon] These links are not 100% accurate. Check for `mini-a`, and on ebay, the price is higher (like $8) |
| Nokia USB OTG adapter | Yes | [Electronic Product Online] |
Compact USB Hubs
| Device | Works on Pandora | Additional comments |
|---|---|---|
| Griffin SmartShare USB | No | Griffin website |
| Belkin F5U415 4 Port USB 2.0 Swivel Hub | No | Comes with an optional power adapter. Belkin website |
| Belkin F5U701 USB 2.0 7 Port Mobile Hub | Yes | Tested by pabloh. Comes with an optional power adapter. Belkin website |
| ID 0e8f:0016 GreenAsia Inc. | No | Tested by tsh. Labeled as high speed, from ebay |
| Trust 4 port netbook hub ID 05e3:0608 | Yes | Tested by tsh. Bought from Amazon. |
| High Speed 4 Port Mini USB 2.0 Hub for Laptop PC (non powered) | Yes | Octopus-style small cheap unpowered USB hub. Bought from ebay |
| Logitech Premium 4-Port USB Hub | Yes | Logitech website |
| LUPO 7-port USB 2.0 Hub (cheap octopus type which can be powered as there is dc socket) | Yes. Can use a power supply but wasn't tested with one. | Tested by kilowatt. Bought from from amazon uk |
More Information
For more information on the Pandora's two USB ports and the possible connections that can be made with them, see the USB reference page.
