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Electronics => Projects, Designs, and Technical Stuff => Topic started by: frenky on November 24, 2016, 08:54:10 am
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I needed a compact solution for VirtualHere USB Client for my thermal camera.
Pi Zero is great but it only has one usb port and I needed two (one for wi-fi dongle and one for thermal camera).
I know there are already nice usb hubs for pi zero but most of them are quite pricey and I did not want to wait 2 weeks to get it.
So I searched for tiny usb hubs in my local shops and found this one for only 6€:
Akasa AK-HB-07BK:
(https://www.eevblog.com/forum/projects/cheap-and-compact-usb-hub-for-pi-zero/?action=dlattach;attach=272968;image)
Took it apart:
(https://www.eevblog.com/forum/projects/cheap-and-compact-usb-hub-for-pi-zero/?action=dlattach;attach=272970;image)
(https://www.eevblog.com/forum/projects/cheap-and-compact-usb-hub-for-pi-zero/?action=dlattach;attach=272972;image)
(https://www.eevblog.com/forum/projects/cheap-and-compact-usb-hub-for-pi-zero/?action=dlattach;attach=272974;image)
I desoldered two ports because I only needed two and made it smaller:
(https://www.eevblog.com/forum/projects/cheap-and-compact-usb-hub-for-pi-zero/?action=dlattach;attach=272976;image)
Stick it on pi zero with 3M doublesided transparent tape. It's perfect match:
(https://www.eevblog.com/forum/projects/cheap-and-compact-usb-hub-for-pi-zero/?action=dlattach;attach=272978;image)
And connected power and data lines:
(https://www.eevblog.com/forum/projects/cheap-and-compact-usb-hub-for-pi-zero/?action=dlattach;attach=272980;image)
I'm really happy with the compact solution. ;)
And now I can use my i3 ThermalExpart as a wifi thermal camera (with virtualhere.com (http://www.virtualhere.com) software). :-+