On Fri, 29 Apr 2011 14:24:16 +0100
Alan Cox wrote:
> > some way to just make it talk USB without also insisting on
trying to
> > charge the battery when plugged in, it might be OK :-).
>
> You could buy a cheap USB cable (monoprice.com?) and snip the power wires...
That isn't going to work, you still need vbus and ground. Powered hubs
are not exactly expensive
And as further evidence you need the vbus, look at the wacky stuff I
do with relays to toggle the USB power on and off to trigger
the cameras in my book scanner :-).
http://home.comcast.net/~tomhorsley/hardware/scanner/scanner.html