Homebrew PCBs

USB is a "Funny" animal.  However, when it works, it does seem to 
work good on my computer.  I have learned that it is sensitive to 
the power supply on the other device - not sure what that is all 
about yet.

What got me wanting another USB hub is that I am thinking about 
making my machine all USB as opposed to normal Serial (Rs232).  With 
USB, I could run 1 USB cable to the hub, then, from the hub I could 
add as many USB-Serial converters as I wanted.  The little testing I 
did last weekend worked pretty good so far.

Chris


--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "Stefan Trethan" 
<stefan_trethan@...> wrote:
>
> On Tue, 25 Jul 2006 13:07:11 +0200, lcdpublishing  
> <lcdpublishing@...> wrote:
> 
> > Based on all the "Super shopper" comments I got about my USB 
cable,
> > perhaps someone knows where I can buy some USB Hubs at good 
prices?
> > I recall them being fairly cheap a few years ago and they seem 
to be
> > going UP in price rather than DOWN.
> 
> 
> I agree!
> I was surprised when i needed one!
> 
> Ebay ought to have one for 1eur, but there's the shipping...
> 
> My PC is a bit funny with the USB. First it wouldn't want to know 
the  
> digital camera, so i bought a separate card reader. that worked 
until i  
> installed xp again after a hd failure, then the reader wouldn't 
work but  
> the camera would. By then i liked the reader better so in the end 
i got  
> another reader. Same with keyboards. It doesn't like it at all if 
i use  
> phone cable for USB, especially if over a few meters. Works for a 
while,  
> then doesn't. Crap really that USB...
> 
> ST
>