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USB thing? Answered

Is there a way to make a USB thing that lights up a led (<-- That's the easy part) and tells the computer that the USB port works?

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RelientOwl
RelientOwl

9 years ago

This my friend is actually what you are describing! https://www.instructables.com/id/USB-tester/

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steveastrouk
steveastrouk

10 years ago

If the USB port works, the computer already knows.

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Re-design
Re-design

10 years ago

Without adding some chips to create data to the computer the only thing you could check would be that the power works. You need some sort of data and some programming to check the data lines.

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kelseymh
kelseymh

Answer 10 years ago

Hey, do you think we could give him a schematic to a voltage multiplier, and tell him to hold onto the two output wires while he plugs it in?