[LINK] little power supplies

[Michael Still]

Kim Holburn wrote:
> I was reading this gadget review and something stuck in my mind and  
> kept turning around and popping back up.  It was this:
>> A USB power adapter is supplied for use with unpowered hubs or ports  
>> that won't supply overcurrent.
> 
> Wow, I thought.  There's a lot of gadgets I have, each with their own  
> stupid (and incompatible to anything else) power supply, wall wart.  I  
> lose a power supply and the gadget is useless, unless I am game to  
> unleash one of those universal ones that are often dangerously over  
> voltage.  Some things need more power than USB could supply so USB  
> probably can't power everything, but there's a lot of stuff it could  
> power.  A decent hub might even be able to power several gadgets at  
> once.

The mobile industry recently agreed to standardize future power adapters
on USB. Of course, they're going to use micro USB not mini USB, which
means you'll still have to throw out all those adapters you have at the
moment.

Mikal