On Tue, Dec 8, 2015 at 6:27 PM, Piotr C <cerber...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear Community,
> I have bought a BBB and now I am going to buy some accesories, eg. USB hub.
> I am not sure whether I should get a passive or an active one if I have a
> 5V, 2.5 A power supply.
> Will BBB power the hub sufficiently (with keyboard, mouse and a TP-LINK wifi
> dongle)? Or maybe it should be the other way round -> smaller power supply
> and an active hub?

Get an active, you can only source a max 5v 500mA from the bbb's host
port..  the wifi will want that..

Regards,

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Robert Nelson
https://rcn-ee.com/

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