I was slow again :-)

> It has an USB mini B socket. Take a standard USB-A to mini-B cable, cut
> it, and connect the power. IIEC I have seen power-only USB hubs which
> could be used without cutting the cable. Or make something like that,
> but battery powered (I bet that exists, somewhere).

I just have a Motorola bloetooth headset for my phone and that has a mini-B
connector for charging, they provided a 500mA PSU for that with the
appropriate connector on it. So it's not that futuristic.

Tamas



On 3/6/07, Wouter van Ooijen <wouter@voti.nl> wrote:
>
> > > pickit2 already has the 'programming ' button and the on-board flash
> > > memory. So when Microchip finally decides to use these
> > components the
> > > parket for this proposed programmer goes 'poof'....
> >
> > I have studied this, and I see no obvious way to power the
> > standalone PICkit.
>
> (as cross-answered on the pickit develop list)
>
> It has an USB mini B socket. Take a standard USB-A to mini-B cable, cut
> it, and connect the power. IIEC I have seen power-only USB hubs which
> could be used without cutting the cable. Or make something like that,
> but battery powered (I bet that exists, somewhere).
>
> Wouter van Ooijen
>
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