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Re: Using a USB switch for an interruptible connection?
It really depends on what data rate you need to support.
Is this a USB 1.0 application or a USB 2.0 application? To maintain a high speed 2.0 application will most likely require an integrated circuit solution, a slower speed application should work fine with a relay as Nate explained.
If you need to go to a high speed integrated circuit solution, Digi-Key has a bunch of chips in the $2.00 range. But they are all surface mount...
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