He thought about using one of those USB hubs with the adorable little rocker switches for each port and replacing them with transistors, but that was going to be messy. After some poking around in ...

Desktop 7-port hubs are basically guaranteed ... t have to reboot when you short-circuit a USB port on the board, and a cheap current-limited switch IC will let you ensure that’s the case ...

Enter the realm of USB switches ... hub offers greater flexibility. However, users should be aware that the device is bus-powered and may require an external power supply via a Micro USB port ...