Power off an USB device in software on Windows

Question

I would like to power cycle an USB device through software on Windows.

I am doing development on a small USB power microcontroller. This chip will revert to native b

Answer 1

You could do with a hardware relay and controlling it via software: http://pintant.cat/2012/05/12/power-off-usb-device/ (of course, will use 2 USB ports :-) one for the device, one for the relay).