Guest nvysel24 Posted June 26, 2013 Share Posted June 26, 2013 I was thinking. Since the pineapple only has one usb I wanted to add a jump drive for more space and maybe another wireless card etc. well the obvious solution is to get a usb hub and then that will solve it.while that is a viable option that is very bulky and cumbersome i was thinking of taking it apart then buying a micro usb jump drive and soldering the connections to the back of the main usb. Then i put the case back on and boom still an open space for w/e i want. here is my predicament. besides the obvious potential power issue of not being able to support 2 devices can a USB handle stuff like that? I know the USB standard can support well over 100 devices per port but that is using hubs/splitters. does the chip inside that is running the usb ; is that able to handle more than 1 attached to the usb w/o a hub? I am going to guess for power consumption and space sake. they implemented a chip design where it has a dual functionality of doing both the USB and network jacks (thats how most desktops are) Do you think that would work? i just don't want to burn anything out because I just got this but I also want it to be compact. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxtrot Posted June 26, 2013 Share Posted June 26, 2013 I was thinking. Since the pineapple only has one usb I wanted to add a jump drive for more space and maybe another wireless card etc. well the obvious solution is to get a usb hub and then that will solve it. while that is a viable option that is very bulky and cumbersome i was thinking of taking it apart then buying a micro usb jump drive and soldering the connections to the back of the main usb. Then i put the case back on and boom still an open space for w/e i want. here is my predicament. besides the obvious potential power issue of not being able to support 2 devices can a USB handle stuff like that? I know the USB standard can support well over 100 devices per port but that is using hubs/splitters. does the chip inside that is running the usb ; is that able to handle more than 1 attached to the usb w/o a hub? I am going to guess for power consumption and space sake. they implemented a chip design where it has a dual functionality of doing both the USB and network jacks (thats how most desktops are) Do you think that would work? i just don't want to burn anything out because I just got this but I also want it to be compact. I'm not sure what your asking, but ill take a wack at it. If your saying you want to solder a flash drive and a wifi card to the one USB port on the pineapple, that would, afaik, be exactly the same as using a hub, however you will have power problems -Foxtrot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest nvysel24 Posted June 26, 2013 Share Posted June 26, 2013 haha sorry I tried to describe it best I can but my idea is just a concept. I wasn't going to solder a wifi card to it just a Micro usb drive to it for space. I might do a tutorial on it if i get it working and i can connect to 2 things . the max i believe is 700mah? right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxtrot Posted June 26, 2013 Share Posted June 26, 2013 haha sorry I tried to describe it best I can but my idea is just a concept. I wasn't going to solder a wifi card to it just a Micro usb drive to it for space. I might do a tutorial on it if i get it working and i can connect to 2 things . the max i believe is 700mah? right? Not sure. But yeah, I theory I think it would work, But i'm not a doctor, and i've never tried it, would be nice to have it in the Wiki if it does work :) -Foxtrot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest nvysel24 Posted June 26, 2013 Share Posted June 26, 2013 ooook well ill take the plunge and try it and document it. and put up a wiki page if it works. I do hardware hacking all the time. This is just a little expensive for me to accidentally break. I know for a fact that if i solder a usb drive to the back of the usb connection that will work. but I am not entirely sure if i can connect a 2nd thing to it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxtrot Posted June 27, 2013 Share Posted June 27, 2013 ooook well ill take the plunge and try it and document it. and put up a wiki page if it works. I do hardware hacking all the time. This is just a little expensive for me to accidentally break. I know for a fact that if i solder a usb drive to the back of the usb connection that will work. but I am not entirely sure if i can connect a 2nd thing to it Report back :) -Foxtrot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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