Compatible External USB Hubs?

[timbient]

Hiya, I have the uConsole Kit RPI-CM4 Lite. Running the stock Raspbian.

I have a couple of different USB-C Hubs that I’ve been trying with it, but neither of them work, except for charging the uConsole.

Are others here using standard USB hubs (non-USB-C)? Perhaps I’ll have to get one of them.

Any advice on this gratefully received.

[xpurple]

The USB C port is only for power. Not data.

[timbient]

Thanks for confirming.

Presumably a standard USB hub will work through the standard USB port then?

[mikeschnier]

Yup, should work as expected. If you’re interested in USB C ports, Vitaly made a custom expansion card which provides three external ports and one internal port. uHub Expansion Card

[ladyerrant]

If I ever get time to design a new main board this is top of my list to fix. There are enough USB channels for both of those ports to have data. I don’t know what possessed them to go this way.

[T313C0mun1s7]

Not that I have any room what so ever to tell you what to do, but . . .

If you did ever get around to doing this, I seems to me it would make more sense to design one specifically to take advantage of a CM5, ala this thread:

Is uconsole compatible with CM5 in future?

Now that the CM5 is out, what I would really love to see and I fully acknowledge it is a big undertaking that would take time, is a full redesign on the main board for this option. The reasons I think it might be worth doing this is as follows: You can add USB3 to the board. You can take advantage of the USB C Power Delivery for charging. It is an opportunity to do away with the CM3 adapter board. You can make a provision for better cooling, perhaps heat pipes to better get from the chips to …

Just say`n