Hiya
I posted this in the beginners section 10 days ago and have had no replies. Members browsing this section may have advice, since I don't want to fry my dongles. Apologies for the cross-post.
I have searched thoroughly and found only one instance of someone trying this.
I have 4 rtl-sdr v3 dongles that I am going to connect to an industrial 4 port hub that takes a separate power supply, all of which will be enclosed in a 1u rackmount case - with low noise power supply,cooling, ferrite loaded USB cables, common TXCO etc, etc.
Now for the newbie question - I want to be able to turn each dongle on/off as required. As I understand it - the USB A male connector has the power pins longer than data pins so that power is connected first so data pins will not be overloaded by trying to supply power.
Is this always true? Does this mean that I can't leave the dongle connected and just switch the vcc line? Do I have to use a 4PST switch for each dongle which may introduce noise ?
Cheers