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+5v from DB9 serial port?
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Effayy:
Tried searching through Google, but to be honest, if the answer was staring me in the face, I wouldn't realize it. :-\
I have the connectors and cabling needed to attach my new 4x40 LCD to my DB9 serial port, but can you draw +5v from it, or would I need to get my power from elsewhere?
I'm assuming that old DB9 prephirals (mice etc) had to draw power to send a signal, right?
- FA
RandyT:
If I'm not mistaken, they siphon power from the CD and/or other lines. The signals are +12v and -12v, but at very low current levels.
I don't think I would try to power a device like you are describing from them. Remember, a mouse is only a small, low-power chip and a couple of opto-components, so it doesn't need much power.
RandyT
ultramagnus:
erg, try to draw enough currernt to power a lcd from your serial port and you blow the port
either take it from the molex connectors in your pc (yellow, 12v, red, 5v) or from the power lines in a USB cable (5v)
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