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It would be interesting if tnkgrl would measure the current on the power lines during a burn. That device is spec'd at about twice the USB power limit. (5.25w v
by jws 18y ago
It would be interesting if tnkgrl would measure the current on the power lines during a burn. That device is spec'd at about twice the USB power limit. (5.25w v. 2.5w).
So it may work for you, but it also may not depending on your USB host hardware and how serious it is about protecting itself from overcurrent loads.
Wandering further from topic, I noticed the new USB micro combined A/B connectors have higher current limits. Perhaps the standards group is considering a USB "higher power" variant. With the increasing use of USB as battery charger it could help.
- jws 18y agoThere are people claiming the drive only draws 500mA based on the fact that it shows up when plugged into mortal computers and claims 500mA. I think this is poor reasoning. There is no way for it to legally ask for more than 500mA in the USB protocol, so it asks for all it can and then uses some secondary mechanism to decide if it can really run.