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| NiN^_^NiN:
15 feet is the max before it's deemed unreliable i have a PC in the car and i'm running 15feet od usb cables for my touchscreen gps and flash reader all on a non-powered usb it runs fine :) |
| Tahnok:
Hmm, I really don't know how I missed USB.org in my google search. :-[ It sure looks like distance won't be a problem, but what about making the cable? I looked through the entire site and didn't see anything about severing the wire. I hope this means that it is not a problem, but it could also mean that it just doesn't come up. |
| cholin:
Look for a USB wiring diagram. I know that a USB has four wires, black, red, white and green. I was told that black and red are negative and positive, so white and green are prolly clock/data |
| ShinAce:
Close. USB uses a kind of differential data lines, so the color codes are: black(sometimes doubled up) = gnd red = vcc (5 volt) white = data+ green = data- The + and - might be inverted, but that's the basic code. And yes, you can splice 2 cables together to make a single long cable. |
| cholin:
Aww I was close lol. I knew the red and black though because Im making a little powered light through the USB port ;) Good luck though with your project. |
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