Thread: Creative uses for the USB Port
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Unread 07-01-2007, 18:59
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Re: Creative uses for the USB Port
What worries me about the USB Chicklet rule wording is this:

The USB Chicklet is the only device allowed to be powered in your controls.

However, the USB Chicklet has to provide power to a USB device, as per the USB specification, up to 500mA. If I build my own custom USB device that is USB HID compatible, I have just constructed a powered control element that doesn't violate any of the rules. I could power a PIC microcontroller and hook it straight into my OI, but it would be within the rules.

Sounds a bit strange to me.
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