Dual ended USB/Samsung flashdrive prototype

Cptnodegard · Jan 22, 2012

This is something I made as a prototype/proof of concept test for something I hope to make for my S2, but since I only have Tab OTG adapters around and no S2 ones yet I made the prototype for the Tab

Anyways, this is quite simple. Take a USB OTG adapter, strip it down to where you have wires sticking out of a 30 pin connector, find a tiny USB flash drive, strip it down, and solder the two together so that the USB plug is still usable. End result is a small USB flash drive that can connect to both a computer and the Tab (not at the same time, obviously)

Were I to make a V2 of the Tab version I would have located the USB connector on the side - which was always the plan with the S2 one, just didnt bother wit the Tab prototype

arikyeo · Jan 22, 2012

The connector is NOT proprieatry, its a 30 pin PDMI connector. Read it at everyone's favourite encyclopaedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PDMI

So basically you can just solder pins 1,2,3,5 to your thumbdrive and pin 4 to pin 2, and optionally solder pin 15 to pin 6 for high power and you're set. Saves money on getting the expensive OTG thingy. The hard part is getting the jack..

painter_ · Jan 22, 2012

arikyeo said:
The connector is NOT proprieatry, its a 30 pin PDMI connector. Read it at everyone's favourite encyclopaedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PDMI

So basically you can just solder pins 1,2,3,5 to your thumbdrive and pin 4 to pin 2, and optionally solder pin 15 to pin 6 for high power and you're set. Saves money on getting the expensive OTG thingy. The hard part is getting the jack..

Have you verified the pin outs? Since the cables from original Tab can be used and it did not have a PDMI port I would guess that the Plus is not a PDMI port.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Galaxy_Tab

It also has a 30-pin docking and charging connector very similar to the standard PDMI connector (a non-proprietary alternative to Apple's docking connector). It appears so similar to the PDMI connector that it is widely mistaken for it, but it is non-standard and all accessories, including charging cables, are incompatible with other equipment and only available from Samsung.

http://forum.pocketables.net/showthread.php?t=7722&page=2
http://fatmixx.com/2010/12/07/samsungs-galaxy-tab-has-a-familiar-looking-connector/
http://www.kineteka.com/galaxy-tab-connector.aspx

I attached pictures of the pinouts.

I was really disappointed with this when I found out about it yesterday.

Cptnodegard · Jan 23, 2012

Indeed nothing universal about Samsung...they even use a trigger to activate charging, effectively making all third party non.Samsung specific chargers and battery packs out there useless without an adapter

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