Timeline for USB connection with overvoltage protection
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| Jan 9, 2013 at 23:35 | history | edited | Gustavo Litovsky |
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| Jan 9, 2013 at 19:33 | vote | accept | josef.van.niekerk | ||
| Jan 8, 2013 at 18:11 | comment | added | Passerby | Use A not barebones cheap usb hub. Spend 15 dollars on a retail hub with full features, not a 2 dollar ebay one. Overcurrent protection is normally done on the host/supply side. | |
| Jan 8, 2013 at 15:40 | answer | added | pjc50 | timeline score: 0 | |
| Jan 8, 2013 at 15:26 | comment | added | user17592 | Yes. But I have to say this was an old machine so it might have changed in the meanwhile. Also, Josef is using an Apple machine, so it might be different. | |
| Jan 8, 2013 at 15:23 | comment | added | Anindo Ghosh | @CamilStaps You're saying that short-circuiting the USB caused the computer's processor to blow up? | |
| Jan 8, 2013 at 14:52 | comment | added | user17592 | Just a warning: I experimented with the USB port on an old IBM machine, and I burned the whole processor by connecting + and - per accident... so please be careful and try to get an old PC for testing! | |
| Jan 8, 2013 at 14:50 | history | asked | josef.van.niekerk | CC BY-SA 3.0 |