Hobby Electronics Basics Re: A portable GPS should use standard mini-USB power (but which ones do)?

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Re: A portable GPS should use standard mini-USB power (but which ones do)? sarah bennett 05-31-07
Posted by sarah bennett on May 31, 2007, 12:09 am
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On Wed, 30 May 2007 11:55:04 -0500, Terran Melconian wrote:

> If necessary, one could construct a USB cable which connects the 5v and
> ground pins, but not the data pins, allowing the unit to charge without
> going into mass storage mode.

Hi Terran,

THIS IS A GREAT MOD!

If removing the 'data' pin from the mini-USB cable works to tell the GPS
it's POWER and not DATA, that's fantastic! It would all of a sudden make
the Garmin nuvi units usable for my purposes!

Being a herd animal, I wonder aloud ...

Has anyone ever done the USB-data-to-Power-only mod successfully
for GPS units such as the Garmin Nuvi's?

sarah
PS THis is what the usenet is all about! This is a GREAT idea!

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