Accessories
From AlwaysInnovating
There is a very wide support of USB accessories on the Touch Book with a plug-and-play experience. USB accessories usually work across the distributions so the tables below don't reference to a specific operating systems which use the same Touch Book kernel. You are welcome to help on this page by adding your information to the tables and fill out as much info as possible.
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USB Sound
Any USB speaker should work though there is a small bug in /usr/bi/ai/sounds/detect_cards.sh. This will be fixed in 2010-02.a.
| Category | Item description | Manufacturer | Model | Chipset | Supported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sound | USB speakers | Logitech [1] | V10 notebook Speakers [2] | Tested |
USB Keyboard/Mouse
Any USB keyboard/mouse should work without any problem. Please report only the dongles that don't seem to work if any.
USB Hub
Any USB hub should work without any problem. Please report only the dongles that don't seem to work if any.
USB GPS
Any GPS dongle should and seem to work fine on the Touch Book. They usually use the PL2303 RS232 driver. On AI OS, the default application in charge of GPS is tangogps. You can watch this video.
| Category | Item description | Manufacturer | Model | Chipset | Supported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GPS | GPS dongle | GlobalSat [3] | ND-100 [4] | Tested | |
| GPS | GPS dongle | Canmore [5] | GT-730F [6] | Tested |
USB Networking
The following USB wifi dongles are supported on the Touch Book:
| Category | Item description | Manufacturer | Model | Chipset | Supported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wifi | Wifi adapter | Always Innovating | Touch Book Wifi b/g/n | RT3070 | Tested |
| Wifi | Wifi adapter | MSI [7] | US54G / MS-6861 [8] | RT2571F | Reported working |
| Wifi | Wifi adapter | Linksys [9] | WUSB54GC [10] | RT2571WF | ? |
The following USB 3G dongles are supported on the Touch Book:
| Category | Item description | Manufacturer | Model | Chipset | Supported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3G | 3G dongle AT&T | Sierra Wireless | USBConnect881 | Tested | |
| 3G | 3G dongle Verizon wireless | Novatel Wireless | USB727 | Reported working | |
| 3G | CDMA modem | AnyDATA | ADU-300H | Reported working | |
| 3G | HSDPA modem | ZTE [11] | MF628 | ? |
The following USB networking WIRED dongles are supported on the Touch Book:
| Category | Item description | Manufacturer | Model | Chipset | Supported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wired | USB to Ethernet adapter | ? | ? | RTL8150L | Reported working |
| Wired | USB to Ethernet adapter | D-Link Corporation | Dub E100 | ? | Reported working |
| Wired | USB to UTP adapter | Edimax | EU-4230 | Reported working |
External screen through USB
This is the status of USB2VGA dongles supported in coming 2010-02.a:
| Category | Item description | Manufacturer | Model | Chipset | Supported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Video output | USB-to-VGA adapter | Tritton Technologies | SEE2 UV100 | Tested | |
| Video output | USB-to-VGA adapter | ? | ? | Error in driver |
USB TV
This is the status of a USB TV dongle:
| Category | Item description | Manufacturer | Model | Chipset | Supported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DVB-T | Digital TV tuner | Conceptronic [12] | CTVDIGRCU [13] | RTL 2831U | ? |
Bluetooth keyboard and mouse
Any Bluetooth keyboard/mouse should work without any problem. Please report only the dongles that don't seem to work if any.
