At 05:17 PM 6/16/2004 -0500, llile@SALTONUSA.COM wrote:

>Need 5 volts?
>
>Strip a USB cable and plug it into your PC.  Interrogate the wires with a meter until you find the ones with 5V on them.  Then fire up your project on 5 volts!

My palm IIIc charges at 5.0V input.  Guess how I charge it from my laptop? :)


>What happens if you short it out?  I dunno yet.   Prolly fry your laptop.
>Be safe, add a fuse.

They have overcurrent protection, it's in the spec.

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