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Old 08-10-2013, 09:28 PM
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Originally Posted by Garbz View Post
I'm hoping cutting the 5V from the computer and the power controller at the same time will hard reset all devices, but I may need to cut the datalines to the computer too to force the reset. This will need some experimentation starting with some cheap donor USB devices
I'd be very careful with this approach... I've heard of several people accidentally destroying USB devices when disconnecting pins via multiple relays, and the ground pins being cut momentarily before the power pin - resulting in lots of current where you don't want it
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