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It is extremely rare for USB hubs to support remote power switching of individual USB ports. As someone who develops USB devices, this kind of i2c-controllable hub would save me a lot of cable unplugging.


I've tried a few Amazon Basics ones, and on all of them power switching per-port worked. Uhubctl's compatibility list. seems to confirm my experience. The only problem is that the 7 port ones are in fact two 4-port hubs in a trenchcoat, which makes port numbering a bit weird. Nothing a couple of stickers can't fix, though.

https://github.com/mvp/uhubctl


Get USB hub with buttons ? I-tec makes one, there is even 16 port version




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