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I have a little USB-powered light. I'd like to be able to turn it on and off with software. I'll be attaching it to a Linux computer. I have an Atmel ATtiny2313 from a previous project , but I'd rather do this with a simple hack than repurpose my microcontroller. Is this possible? I suspect this can't be done as the computer won't talk to a device without some kind of USB-compliant firmware? I found this question , which has a comment suggesting that the OP use an LM317 voltage regulator to change the voltage of the USB out. I don't think this is applicable to me, but thought I'd mention it. Update: Looks like I could maybe put USBtiny on my microcontroller, then I could wire it up to the light, then I could write an app to control the controller. Sounds like a lot of work, though. I'd rather do a simple hack, but I lack experience with USB.
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