Interstellar_1@pawb.social to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 1 year agoWhat purpose would this be used for?files.catbox.moeimagemessage-square109fedilinkarrow-up1340arrow-down117file-text
arrow-up1323arrow-down1imageWhat purpose would this be used for?files.catbox.moeInterstellar_1@pawb.social to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 1 year agomessage-square109fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarejetAlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·1 year agohttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/USB_On-The-Go In 2001 the directionality became kind of moot. Especially if you want to do attach something with an on-the-go host
minus-squarenottheengineer@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down1·1 year agoAn OTG setup needs all 5 pins of the micro-B connector. USB A cannot be used for OTG. If a USB-A port can act as a client, that’s not OTG, it’s a botched implementation.
minus-squarejetAlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·1 year agoTechnically, yes… but life finds a way https://pinoutguide.com/PortableDevices/usb_otg_pinout.shtml
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/USB_On-The-Go
In 2001 the directionality became kind of moot. Especially if you want to do attach something with an on-the-go host
An OTG setup needs all 5 pins of the micro-B connector. USB A cannot be used for OTG. If a USB-A port can act as a client, that’s not OTG, it’s a botched implementation.
Technically, yes… but life finds a way https://pinoutguide.com/PortableDevices/usb_otg_pinout.shtml