Plug-in wifi adapter for FLiP?

Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi) · 2019-09-24 19:54

I'm looking for a wifi adapter that I can plug into the FLiP's microUSB (slave) port. There are plenty of such adapters available to talk to type A (master) ports, but I need something that will act as a master and recognize the FLiP's FTDI chip. I've looked at so-called OTG adapters for cell-phones, but it appears that the cell-phone itself has to be able to operate as a host, which the FLiP cannot do. Am I wasting my time in this pursuit?

Thanks,
-Phil

Tubular · 2019-09-24 20:51

Hopefully the P2 can fill the void on projects like this before too long

My thought would be to look at one of the ~500 routers listed on the OpenWRT site, many have the wifi built-in

iseries · 2019-09-25 10:08

It's simple for the Prop Mini but by passing the USB or using the USB is complicated.

Mike

rosco_pc · 2019-09-25 13:02

@Tubular suggestion is actually a very valid one. You could also use a ESP8266/ESP32 (no simple of the shelve solution, but you can build a stack):
https://github.com/gdsports/esp8266-usb-host-demos

xanadu · 2019-09-27 01:11

Raspberry Pi Zero W?

Plug-in wifi adapter for FLiP?

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