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Power from USB on PC

Hey,

Does anyone kno the wire/pinout on a standard (back of motherboard) USB connection? I am looking to make my own usb powered cooling fan for events such as lan parties where temps can be over 40 degrees INSIDE the lan arena causing much discomfort. How much power can a USB port provide? Talking in Amp terms that is (im looking for about .6A...more preffered though)

TIA

Fr33

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fr335tyl3r
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"fr335tyl3r optusnet dot au dot com>" Hey,

I wouldn't use usb for that much.

You need to look up the usb specs, I can't remember off the top of my = head. but its not amps.

think a system has to be able to supply 500mA per port. not sure what the max is a device on a port can use.

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Powered hubs are required to supply a max of 500mA per port and = unpowered 100mA

Use usb to controll but use stardard pwr connectors for the power (the hdd pwr connectors)

or something like this

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For a fan controller project
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a look at a few of us from uni and others are involved. Its been moving rather slowly but should speed up after exams are over in the next couple of weeks.

Alex

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Alex Gibson

Try

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: it has pinouts, ratings, etc.

Anders

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Anders Nelson

Check out the bottom of this page:

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According to the USB spec, the max current is 500ma.

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Alan Holt

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