Re: Re: [OT] iPad query...

[Phillip Harris <phil@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

The iPad ideally needs 5v @ 2A (10w) - that would need four USB ports
as a standard USB port is 500mA (2.5w) so not exactly a nice botch - hence
trying to find a proper solution rather than a hatchet special... :-D

Phil

On 10 Oct 2010, at 22:02, Gareth Cook wrote:

> And you can't hack the output cable (or perhaps an intermediate AtoB
> cable) to have 2 feeds into one for power - parallel power ?
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> On 10 Oct 2010, at 20:45, Gareth Cook wrote:
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>> What about a cheap USB hub that has either just enough to trickle
> charge,
>> or enough grunt to do a full charge - is it 10w ?
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> Nope - I have some lovely 13 port powered USB hubs that have lovely
meaty
> 4amp (20w) power supplies and, really annoyingly, they adhere to the
USB
> specs and supply a maximum of 500mA per port ... aren't standards (and
> products that adhere to them) a bitch? :-D
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