RE: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: gecko for notebook

Another good source of +5 is a USB port. USB will provide up to ~ 1/2 amp
at +5 V. I have powered external non-USB equipment from USB.

-- Carl

At 07:40 AM 9/18/2002 -0700, you wrote:

>The keyboard connector has +5v. I understand the game port does too. The
>serial port only has signals available, some of which might supply
>enough current to run through a regulator to obtain +5v. Last I heard,
>serial signals were +12v or -12v.
>
>Regards,
> JJ
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: alex0young [mailto:alex0young@...]
> > Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2002 2:32 AM
> > To: CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com
> > Subject: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: gecko for notebook
> >
> >
> > --- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@y..., JanRwl@A... wrote:
> > > In a message dated 9/17/2002 10:28:55 PM Central Standard Time,
> > > alex0young@y... writes:
> > >
> > >
> > > > How do I control a gecko driver from a notebook with very limited
> > > > ports? From where can I get the +5V for the gecko?
> > >
> > > Then test your "notebook" to see if it can SOURCE 15 mA per bit,
> > and strap
> > > the Gecko jumpers for +ve INPUTS, common ground.
> >
> > How does one test to see if the port can source >15mA?
> >
> > > Isn't there a "serial port" or an "external video port" or "joy-
> > stick port"
> > > in addition to the LPT-1? The S.port has +5 VDC!!! Enough for
> > this
> > > purpose.
> >
> > Is the serial port the one one normally use for a serial mouse, one
> > which nearly every computer has? I thought only the game port has
> > that +5V. If it is the serial port for the mouse, which pin is the
> > +5V?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Alex
> > >
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