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| MonMotha:
Don't connect D+ or D- to anything. The PC won't think you have anything plugged in at all. Just make sure you don't draw more than 100mA. That's the maxmimum allowed by an unenumerated device. Hence the 100mA fuse. The series diode is to prevent bad stuff like feeding power back into the PC's USB port, which would happen if the line came loose and touched or was otherwise inadvertently raised above the PC's 5V VBUS rail. Just install it with the anode on VBUS and then power your stuff off the cathode, using the GND line in the cable as the power return. You can get by without it, but 10 cents now potentially saves you a couple hundred bucks (new motherboard) if something bad happens. |
| Wadeduck:
Thank for all the great info MonMotha. I will go out and get a few diodes and fuses over the holidays. I will try to post a few pictures once I get this all hooked up. |
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