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Re: A portable GPS should use standard mini-USB power (but which

Ron Hunter

2007-05-29, 7:33 am

Robert Peffers. wrote:
> "Pieter" <pvcl@*nospam*plitch.com> wrote in message
> news:465b62be$0$1669
3$4c368faf@roadrunne
r.com...
> I'm still wondering why a USB charger is of use for a portable GPS that is a
> stand alone unit? Would you not then need something like a computer with a
> USB port to charge the GPS up and lug it around with you? Kind of defeats
> the idea of stand alone portable GPS.

When one is near a source of power, the USB port is rather ubiquitous,
and provides a handy source of power at low voltage and up to 500
milliamps of current.
This means I can connect my GPS to my laptop and both use it as an imput
to my mapping software, and to power the GPS. Handy!

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