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    USB switch?

    I had an idea when I was reading about people carrying USB sticks with different configurations/firmware and plugging them in as needed. If there was such a thing as a 1-to-2 (or 3 or 4) USB switch, that lets you flip a switch to select which port is active, you could have USB sticks with different configurations plugged into the switch, and when you want to switch, you just flip the switch.

    Does such a thing exist? When I googled "USB switch" I saw many N-to-1 switches (share a single device across multiple computers), but nothing that goes the other way around (select multiple devices one at a time with a single port).

    Maybe AL could develop one... or... me?

    A 4-pole N-throw selector switch could presumably work, if it can handle the USB signals without attenuation or noise. Even a 3-pole switch could work if you don't switch the ground connections.
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