Disapearing pl2303 usb serial adapter on rpi2

[Hans Petter Selasky]

On 12/23/17 18:31, bob prohaska wrote:
> The big mystery is the USB flash drive; I can't find any specs on
> power consumption, the only measure is a "touch test", which reveals
> the drive is lukewarm to the touch with a make session running in
> /usr/ports. I'd guess it's around half a watt, but that's only a guess.
> However, there has so far been no sign of misbehavior from the USB
> flash drive.

Idea: Cut a USB cable, reconnect all the wires except the red one, and 
put a multimeter capable of measuring mA's between.

--HPS