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Re: Powering your USB Hub at Competition
If this solves the problems we were having at the Traverse City competition, this will be very, very appreciated. Out of all of the matches played, we were able to play 1 full match completely, and 2 others for a very brief period. After that it appeared that there was no comm. The field manager helped out a ton, and told us that each time a few seconds into teleop, comm was lost. We had tried multiple wireless adapters and locations for it to sit with no avail. We also have a bunch of joysticks connected to a usb hub only connect to one port on the classmate.
After seeing this thread and mentioning it to one of our mentors, he suggested getting a powered usb hub that connects to a normal ac/dc line, but whip up a device to connect it to something like a 9V battery to power it while up at the match stations. Would this provide more available power for the usb hub then getting a y connector and plugging it into both ports on the classmate?
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