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| Apr 19, 2017 at 7:06 | comment | added | cjs | Yes, that sounds like a good approach. If the humidifier shorts or something like that, the worst it should be able to do is take out the hub. There are a ton of options for how you actually turn the thing on and off once you understand the basics of what's going on with USB. | |
| Apr 19, 2017 at 0:29 | comment | added | Atticakes | Clarification: I don't plan on connecting anything directly into the raspberry pi other than a powered USB hub. The humidifier will be plugged into said powered USB hub, so power draw isn't a huge issue. I plan on using a USB Powered relay module which will interrupt the power of the humidifier, which allows me to control it via python commands. I also decided to look at a different vendor who provided more details on the humidifier: Voltage: DC 5v Power: 2w. | |
| Apr 19, 2017 at 0:09 | history | answered | cjs | CC BY-SA 3.0 |