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Question related self powered USB Hub

We have a requirement, which is a normal self powered USB Hub, with individual power control of the ports, i.e in addition to a normal Hub, we want to remove the power to any of the downstream port on ...
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Throttling data from USB serial connection on STM32 microcontroller (flow control)

I've just integrated the code from ST's STM32 USB Virtual Com Port example (stm32_usb-fs-device_lib.zip from here) with my project in order to get the STM32 to appear as a Virtual Serial Port. ...
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USB-MIDI Interface with STM32F4 Discovery?

I've got an STM32F4 Discovery Board and I'd like to use/configure it as an USBMIDI device but this standard device class is not (fully) supported by the USB libraries supplied by ST. Any hint? Any ...
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Working with FTDI library for accessing FPGA memory

I asked a related question here. The board is Lattice MACHX02 1200 ZE. I am using FTDI Library FTCSPI to access Lattice FPGA UFM through FTDI chip FT2232H. I configured the FPGA in SPI slave by using ...
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Can a USB device have a low bandwidth because of poor connection?

I found in the garbage an old USB webcam with an OV 518 chip. The USB cable that was going out of it, however, wasn't there. There were just some remains of the tiny red/white/green/black wires that ...
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Programming to read X-10 over USB or Serial

Does anyone here have experience writing a program that would receive signals from Visonic, or other X10 sensors such as door detectors or motion detectors? Essentially, I would like to write a ...
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USB OTG, some questions

I am attempting a project with USB OTG functionality. I've read quite a number of documents already but there is some contradicting information out there, so I want to find out if anyone can shed some ...
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A simple usb controlled switch

I'm not really a hardware guy but I am thinking that this might be a simple build. With some guidance. Basically I want to hook a physical button switch to a controlled one for my camera. So that I ...
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Android to I2C Control

I have an I2C device that I would like to interface with Android. It seems that the easiest way would be to use a microcontroller compatible with Accessory Development Kit. But these kits and their ...
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24 V logic inputs for a computer to start different applications

What's a good way to interface logic commands (24 V industrial type) to a computer with the aim of having the computer do different things for different logic inputs? As an example for this, I ...
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Handling Transient Currents on USB Powered Devices

I'm working on a USB-powered speaker design and could use some thoughts or design inputs from the community. The data part is pretty simple - USB powers an I2S bridge that talks to an I2S amplifer. ...
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USB CDC-ACM Class Driver on STM32F4

Simply my project is to connect a Huawi USB modem to my STM32F407 Discovery board, and start using AT commands to send text SMS. so here is what I've and what I want :) I've OTG USB capability on ...
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JTAG Programming with LPC4330

Because the Example Virtual Serial Device project from NXPUSBLib contains a space in it's directory structure (specifically Example_VirtualSerialDevice/LPC43xx M4/...) I can not successfully download ...
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Interfacing C# application with PIC24FJ256GB106 over USB

i made some kind of a meteo station. I get some temperatures (celsius degrees), UV radiation levels (UV index), solar radiation (W/m\$^2\$) and soil moisture. These values are shown in a C# ...
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STM32F4 USART USB communication with PC?

I am trying to use STM32 provided example of USART called "HyperLink" which basically runs USART1 on ports PA9 and PA10. The problem is that my computer does not find any new COM ports. Do I need ...
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Multiple Macs Controlled by single USB IR Receiver

This is my first post to StackExchange. I am looking to connect a single IR receiver to multiple mac mini computers to advance a slideshow played through front row in sync. I was reading this post ...
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NTSC -> ADC -> USB. A video digitzer circuit

I'm working on a project that ultimately needs to incorporate an analog video camera input, digitizing it and spitting it out a USB port as an MPEG stream. My general aim is for roughly a VGA ...
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Implementing USB On PIC24

We want to implement USB on our PIC24 based embedded system. Hardware: All done Firmware: USB part is currently Non-existent My role: Make it all work Questions: The protocols are very complex ...
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USB bare metal on ARM Cortex A9

We are envisioning developing a new project using a Cyclone V SoC with a hardcore ARM Cortex A9 dual core processor. We are seriously considering going bare metal, but one of the main questions right ...
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v-usb HID button press and release

I'm trying to use v-usb on an AVR to mimic a HID keyboard and I found how to send keys and how to release ALL of them, by calling usbSetInterrupt() with 0 for the key value, but is there a way to ...
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Writting in a USB memory

I have a AT91SAM7X-EK card from atmel, and I'm trying to write a string into it's memory then I want to read it back. I order to do that I parsed the available devices using ...
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Integrating USB Camera on TI Hercules Evaluation Kit (ARM Cortex R4)

I am using a TI Hercules Evaluation Kit, which can act as a USB Host. Here's the link [http://www.ti.com/tool/tmdxrm48hdk]. It is a ARM Cortex R4 with 8 MB of SDRAM. I want to use a Logitech Webcam ...
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Controlling USB Power with External Voltage Source

I was trying to figure out a way to add a switch to the USB +5V wire, that could be controlled with another voltage source. I was thinking about using an optocoupler + mosfet to do it. More ...
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vUSB Keyboard with AtTiny using processing

I think that this is a very noob question, but... Anyway... Here is the problem. I am trying to make a device that receive a RF code (333Mhz) and send to the keyboard (HID) via USB. I already made ...
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Dual Power the PIC18F2550 with USB and LP2992 LDO

I have seen some examples of how to dual power the PIC18F2550, even in the datasheet. But are there any things to look after for a equivalent circuit using the LP2992? I guess there is the problem of ...
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USB-to-Serial Cable Based on the Prolific Chip - Windows 7 Driver Problem Fix

This problem drained a few hours for me, and after searching for miles on the Internet, I simply couldn't find the correct solution. The Prolific PL-2303 chip is used extensively for Serial to USB ...
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making USB charger but it isn't pushing enough power to the USB ports

I am in the military and trying to use BA-5590s the radio batteries as a power source but when plugged in it isn't pushing enough power. I am thinking of switching the resistors they were 12V chargers ...
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Am I wiring and line-terminating this USB connector properly?

I am making a PCB with a STM32f4xx microcontroller. It is to act as a USB virtual COM port peripheral. Power and communication are to be done through a Micro-USB connector. The USBUF01P6 is a EMI ...
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Beginning my development with Mini2440 (ARM9)

I am going to start my development in ARM9(mini2440 kit) in a few days. The kit is yet to be received.This is my very first project using linux. I know only a few things about linux and the project I ...
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Can't figure out how to connect Parallax position controller to PC

I was wondering if it is possible to connect the position controller to PC without having to use a microcontroller in the middle. I have seen this thread over here: ...
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Can anyone recommend aUSB charging circuit that gives 600mA charge rate for a mobile device?

I need to build a 5V 600mA USB charge circuit for a device I want to build for my hobby project. Does anyone have a simple circuit design I can use to do this? It will be charging a Lithium cell with ...
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TI eZDSP configuration issues

I am trying to get the eZDSP module from TI working on my computer using this quickstart guide. I have installed CCS from the included DVD and fully updated it. On page 4, it describes building a ...