The team behind Raspberry Pi, the popular line of single-board computers, has just released an external USB hub to expand the connectivity of its Raspberry Pi computers. It has four USB 3.0 ports for connecting peripherals and an additional port for power the hub, if necessary.

THE USB 3 hub for Raspberry Pi connects to a single-board computer (or any other computer for that matter) via an 8cm USB 3.0 Type-A cable. The cable is attached to a small box with four downstream ports where you can plug in your peripherals. These are all USB 3.0 Type-A ports with a combined data transfer speed of up to 5 Gbps. You also get backwards compatibility with USB 2 across the board.

There is a fifth port, a USB-C jack, for powering the hub with an external 3A power adapter. You don’t need extra power for underpowered devices. But the USB-C port is ideal for connecting power-hungry peripherals without overloading the Raspberry Pi. Combined with the USB hub already built into most Pi computers (which connects to the processor and powers multiple USB Type-A sockets), the external hub is perfect for external drives, cameras, sensors, IoT devices and other high-power gadgets .

The Raspberry Pi team states that USB hubs already available on the market are either too expensive or of too poor quality. The Raspberry Pi USB 3 hub is affordable, reliable and stylish. We worked with our partners at Infineon to source a great piece of hub silicon, CYUSB3304, asked Dominic to work on the electronics and John to work on the industrial design, and applied our manufacturing and distribution to make it available at the lowest possible price. . The resulting product works perfectly with all Raspberry Pi computer models, explained the general manager of the process behind the hub. They have also obtained international compatibility and compliance certifications for the hub.

You can buy the USB 3 hub for Raspberry Pi for $12.

Source: Raspberry Pi