Article 5.5.6 USB

[amsiotdeveloper]

NOTE: _This Subtask is linked to a larger Task List_ticket #44

Task Owner:

Who owns this task and will approve the final deliverables? Lazar

Objectives & Goals:

1. How does this task relate to the value track(s)?

- All of the effort we put into improving our product lines should provide value to our customers.
- We need to be able to clearly articulate the value each improvement will provide in the following three value tracks:
    1. Development - The hardware chapter is important for evaluating the Omega modules for a new project and supporting developers in the development process.
    2. Deployment
    3. Production

2. Create a short statement explaining the objectives and goals for this ticket.

• Can reference https://docs.onion.io/omega2-docs/uart1.html

Intro

• The Omega2 features a single USB 2.0 host

Hardware

• One USB 2.0 host controller available on dedicated pins
  • 5V power source needs to be supplied to the USB client device to properly operate
• Pinout diagrams of Omega2, Omega2S with USB pins highlighted
• See Omega2S hardware design guide for more information and recommendations on designing boards with USB: https://github.com/OnionIoT/Omega2/blob/master/Documents/Omega2S%20Hardware%20Design%20Guide.pdf

USB Storage

• Omega2 firmware includes the kernel modules required for external USB storage - including support for a variety of filesystems.
• Reuse existing content: https://documentation.onioniot.com/hardware-interfaces/external-storage#usb

Reference Material:

1. Provide hyperlinks for helpful and related information.

Deliverables or Desired Outcome:

1. What are the task owners expectations?

• Articles should be succinct, and minimalist.
• These are MVP articles, and we will expand on them as users provide feedback and requests.

• All articles from the Hardware chapter will go in the hardware branch.

  2. What does the task owner require for a successful completion of the ticket?

  i.e. sample code, drawings, documents etc.

• a succinct article that follows our current style guide based on the original article

Date Required By:

1. When is the scope required to be completed?

• no date has been specified

2. Is this a hard date? Specify if the task is a dependency of another task or if it will impact a customer requirement.

• Ticket #44 has a dependency on this ticket to be completed

[remingtontr]

Ready for initial review.

[amsiotdeveloper]

@remingtontr looks good to me. I added revisions in the doc for "file system" so other than that it's good to go for @greenbreakfast to review/approve.

[greenbreakfast]

looks good to me, pls open a PR @remingtontr