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Originally Posted by Dave Flowerday
All that [<R83>] says is that it can't be powered externally. It is quite possible to run a microcontroller off of the power available on the joystick port; we did it successfully this year.
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I always thought a plugged-in microprocessor matched the idea of a "portable computing device". However, it seems the Q&A draws the line at "external power source" rather than at my idea of "computing device".