USB penlight !?

[barf]

Hi,

As i'm reading throughout some articles etc around here, i often stumble across the infamous USB penlight must have. Searched around for a while, but can't find anything that could help even a bit in dark places Can anyone show me a proper example of one ?

[JesC]

[barf]

oh, ok so it is what i thought it was =P

http://www.usbgeek.com/prod_detail.php?prod_id=0564

Gonna go with that one tho, looks a lot more practical. Sidequestion on that: how much power do these things require from my USB port? Since uptil now i had my vci-100 and numark DJIO powered only through their usb ports. Could i get into trouble getting one of these? Or is their power consumption rather negligible?

[midifidler]

Brought one of those for our gig last friday night, they are the win! Power consumption of the one shown is pretty low. Should not give you any troubles.

[barf]

By "one of those", do you mean mine or jesc's example?

[luv2xra]

You should test it out in your home. If you need an AC adaptor for your VCI-100 then buy it. The most power hungry devices, should be plug in nearest to your ac connection, in your computer. Which is the sound card, I think so. haha.

[midifidler]

@barf

that was pretty ambiguous, I meant teh one in the picture!

[barf]

@ luv2xra: right now i'm using both the vci 100 and DJIO on USB powered busses. Up untill now, it runs stable. That's why i was wondering if such a pen light would take a big amount of power, since that could make my setup go instable