USB mini male cable (both sides mini)

[Tommi]

Hey,

I am using the BBB for backup and therefore I need two UBS connections. One for my Wifi and the other for my external HDD. As the BBB has two USB Ports I would like NOT use an USB hub. The HDD also has a USB mini connector, so I would like to connect from USB mini on the BBB to USB mini on the HDD. That means I need a cable with USB mini male on both sides. Is there such a thing? Anyone knows a place where to buy one? I searched for quite a bit, but could not find one.

I also tried one of those USB mini to USB A adapters and then use a "normal" USB cable. But it seems the adaptor does not work...

Any ideas? I am also thinking of cutting two cables and to make my own...

Tommi

[Robert Nelson]

Well the "slave" usb port is hard wired for slave only, so you'd also
have to physically modify the board..

Regards,

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[Tommi]

Well the "slave" usb port is hard wired for slave only, so you'd also
have to physically modify the board..

That is annoying. That means basically that I am stuck with an USB hub?!

PS: I really think having a couple of USB Ports should be on such a board. 

[Robert Nelson]

The chip's got dual ports. ;) One can be a host, the other is a slave...

There are a few other 3rd party am335x boards with dual usb hosts.

[Thomas Feix]

And so why is it that the Raspberry Pi has 4 USB ports? It is just a
bit annoying almost always I end up with an extra USB hub that is
almost as large as the BBB itself.

Well anyhow, good I asked, saved me from destroying two USB cables :)

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[Robert Nelson]

On Wed, Dec 17, 2014 at 8:37 AM, Thomas Feix <thoma...@gmail.com> wrote:
> And so why is it that the Raspberry Pi has 4 USB ports? It is just a
> bit annoying almost always I end up with an extra USB hub that is
> almost as large as the BBB itself.

Actually it's one port with the bandwidth split over 4 ports by an on board hub.

The BeagleBoard-xM has 5 usb ports.. (4 via the smsc95xx hub, 1 via the usb otg)