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I want to control television through pen drive. What should I do with pen drive means at hardware and software level? What type of kernel should I load and how I load the kernel and bootloader in pen driver?

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A pen drive has no CPU so it's not clear how this could ever work. A pen drive is just some memory and a USB interface. To control a TV you need some kind of processor and a suitable interface (e.g. infra red).

Paul R
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  • but pen drive also has the controller..so i was thinking to load the kernel in its controller. – goblin2986 May 21 '10 at 06:37
  • The controller is just a dedicated USB micro-controller - even if you could load new firmware into it (which you probably can't), what could you do then ? You have no interface other than as a USB slave. – Paul R May 21 '10 at 07:11
  • so i need a pen drive and processor to control it right....because i m making a final project in which i want to design set top box which has storage and can be control by my server....i was thinking about the pen drive....can you help what should i do....where do i get the proper information about these things? – goblin2986 May 21 '10 at 09:02
  • I think the pen drive is probably irrelevant - it sounds like all you need to do is build what is commonly known as a `media center` - this is essentially just a PC with video output suitable for a TV. Try Googling for "media center". – Paul R May 21 '10 at 09:04
  • yeah...but i want server is on onw side and client is television...i have to first load data on client side then show it on tv...can media center do it? – goblin2986 May 21 '10 at 14:23
  • Your requirements are just too vague at the moment - this makes it hard to give any specific advice - read up on media centers and see if that helps you to get a more specific idea of your actual requirements. – Paul R May 21 '10 at 16:52