[Cerowrt-devel] using a usb3 hub as a hackerboard power switch?

[Dave Taht]

On Fri, Apr 29, 2016 at 2:54 AM, Toke Høiland-Jørgensen <toke at toke.dk> wrote:
> Dave Taht <dave.taht at gmail.com> writes:
>
>> I am curious if there would be a way to use a powered usb3 hub to
>> individually be able to address and power cycle the ports individually
>> on it?
>
> https://www.yepkit.com/ has one of these - USB2 only, though, but there
> are specs available...

That would be a start, but insufficient power and not enough ports.

with the upcoming USB-C standard I suspect someone will twig as to the
usefulness of having a on/off switch on each port that can be
automagically controlled.....

>
> -Toke



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