Someone with greater knowledge may know different, but I suspect you will be breaking the USB spec if you do this. Power is part of what is expected on those connectors. However, if all you are using the USB connector for is power (like a phone charger) there is probably no real downside.
I have not checked the schematic (you should), but I don't think there is any way to do this unless you put your own control circuitry between the USB out and your device. On Sunday, March 23, 2014 12:37:12 AM UTC-7, Patrick Walters wrote: > > > uname -a > Linux beaglebone 3.8.13 #1 SMP Thu Sep 12 10:27:06 CEST 2013 armv7l > GNU/Linux > > Is it possible to control the power to the USB port on the board or a HUB > from the CLI? > > My scenario is that I'd like to be able to turn something on\off that is > powered from the USB connection. > > Thanks, > -p > -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to beagleboard+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
