https://blog.thameera.com Tue, 17 Jan 2012 15:26:51 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.12 139676693 https://blog.thameera.com/plugging-the-usb-half-way/ https://blog.thameera.com/plugging-the-usb-half-way/#comments thameera Tue, 17 Jan 2012 15:26:51 +0000 Uncategorized tips usb http://thameera.wordpress.com/?p=635 As you can see from the above image, the power and ground pins of a USB connector are situated on its either side and the two data pins are placed in between. Also notice that the data pins are situated a bit inward compared to the power pins. As a result of this, when you…<p><a class="more-link" href="https://blog.thameera.com/plugging-the-usb-half-way/" title="Continue reading ‘Plugging the USB half-way’">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p> <p style="text-align:center"><a href="https://blog.thameera.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/usb-connector-anatomy1.jpg"><img alt="USB connector" class="aligncenter wp-image-638" decoding="async" fetchpriority="high" height="154" src="https://blog.thameera.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/usb-connector-anatomy1.jpg" title="usb connector anatomy" width="405"/></a></p> <p>As you can see from the above image, the power and ground pins of a USB connector are situated on its either side and the two data pins are placed in between. Also notice that the data pins are situated a bit inward compared to the power pins. As a result of this, when you plug in a USB, power is supplied to the device first before it can begin transferring data.</p> <p>“Okay, that’s fine, but what am I to do with this?” you ask.</p> <p><img alt="Plug USB half way" class="alignright wp-image-640" decoding="async" height="184" src="https://blog.thameera.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/usb-half-way.jpg" style="border-color:initial;border-style:initial" title="usb half way" width="180"/></p> <div> <p>Well, my friend, you can exploit this subtle feature by plugging a USB port only half way into the device. This enables the device to power up without making a data connection. In case of a mobile phone, you can connect the data cable half way to charge the phone without mounting the SD card. This can be pretty useful when working with MP3 players too.</p> <p>“This is pretty cool!” you say. “Thanks!”</p> <p>Anytime. <img alt="🙂" class="wp-smiley" src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/16.0.1/72x72/1f642.png" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;"/></p> </div> https://blog.thameera.com/plugging-the-usb-half-way/feed/ 16 635