I would be very interested in this board. I have multiple BBB boards and my interest would be for more than one. Please keep me/the list informed. Thanks Don
On Tue, Aug 9, 2016 at 8:26 AM, Steven Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > I have been developing a 4 PORT USB Hub specifically designed for the > "quirks" of the BBB. > > It takes a regular BBB, extends it by only 16mm and increases the number > of HISH SPEED (480mbps) USB host ports to 4. > > It looks like this when attached: > http://imgur.com/kxBbbZR > http://imgur.com/pMsLCIL > http://imgur.com/gF6ZV62 > > And this is what it looks like stand alone: > http://imgur.com/8RVfd3F > > It works great, and lines up with the mounting holes on the end of the > board near the existing USB Host port. When screwed to those mounting > holes it is as structurally rigid as if the PCB was just longer. It also > has hardware which is NON STANDARD for a normal USB HUB but which has been > added to the HUB to correct for deficiencies in the BBB Host Port Power > design. Which means that the problems of hubs appearing and disappearing > and just generally misbehaving with the BBB do not occur with this hub. > > The reason for this post is to let people know this thing exists. > > I am currently working on the logistics of producing a batch of these > boards, part of the unknown is if there is anyone who would be interested > in buying it, and if so how many people that is. Volume has a direct > impact on my ability to produce these at any reasonable price. So please > dont ask me how much i will sell it for, my aim is to sell it as cheaply > as reasonably possible. > > Prototypes of this board are currently being used by a few Replicape > developers with no reported faults. > > It can be run either SELF Powered, or BUS Powered from the BBB. > > A special non USB Compliant but useful mode is BUS Powered, but reporting > to the BBB as SELF Powered. This is very handy for the use case where > there are multiple devices and the sum total of their reported power > consumption exceeds 500ma, but in use only one device is active at a time, > so the average draw is only 500ma. Obviously, this mode is only intended > for experienced people who really understand what the implications are. > > If you have any questions I am happy to expand, if this device is of > interest to you please let me know so I can try and work out what sort of > volume i should produce, or if i should produce it at all. > > Strontium > > -- > For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "BeagleBoard" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/ > msgid/beagleboard/d5743af4-3cfc-4cf0-b07b-a66c0e9b3a94%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beagleboard/d5743af4-3cfc-4cf0-b07b-a66c0e9b3a94%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beagleboard/CABCjCMB4QOop0HyBW5n7%2BfUra5L_BpwnN%2B1DcOZQHOaGULDgbw%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
