<div dir="auto">You may be better off skipping the hub and looking for an extension cable and putting the joint where the bend is. <div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">As for the passive hub, USB 2.0 specifies a max amperage of 500mA. It should provide that to a single port if that's all that is in use.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Benjamin </div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue., Oct. 29, 2019, 12:44 p.m. Khalid Baheyeldin, <<a href="mailto:kb@2bits.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">kb@2bits.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">On Tue, Oct 29, 2019 at 12:06 PM Ron Singh <<a href="mailto:ronsingh149@gmail.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">ronsingh149@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">Khalid, I have only seen a rubberized USB A-B cable once many years ago attached to a robotic device. </div><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><br></div></div></blockquote><div>In my case, if I use a short cable and a hub, the cable does not need to bend much, so stiffness will not be an issue anymore. The hub will be near the pivot point where the axes intersect. <br></div><div><br></div><div>It will also simplify the cabling (one cable to the laptop instead of two).</div><div><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"></div><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">As for a passive hub being able to power 2 devices, best to get some idea of the current being drawn by said devices.</div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Only one device need to be powered through USB. The other has its own power supply.</div><div> <br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">I have a couple of in-line USB amp/voltage readers things courtesy of China, </div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Oh, those. I have one stashed somewhere. Will look for it and try to get a baseline on current usage. <br></div><div><br> </div><div>Once I get this, how can I be sure that the hub would be able to supply that much?</div><div><br></div></div></div>
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