[Balloon] Re: Fwd: How do I test the USB ports?

Steve Wiseman steve at steves-house.org.uk
Mon Dec 6 23:34:10 GMT 2004


06/12/2004 15:12:58, "David Bisset" 
<david_bisset at itechnic.co.uk> wrote:

>Yes Hosts have to supply power, but you wouldn't want the 
balloon to
>power itself of the USB port would you :-) Well there's an idea...
>(Steve note the :-))

Balloon 2.06 had a naughty non-compliant zero ohm resistor to 
allow such a thing (for development purposes only, naturally :) 
It's exceptionally handy for mobile development, and saves Nick 
from having to carry yet another PSU around...
(Balloon3 will be simiarly optioned)
(Speaking of Balloon3 - mega-meeting coming up on Thursday. 
Any suggestions / ideas welcome, especially before then. 

Steve 








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