My experience,
I have had a BBB powered with an external 2amp supply with an external ssd
plugged into usb port for over a year with no issues. In the last several
months or so, the drive was not available via samba at least twice a week,
had to reboot BBB to get smb drive back. added a powered
I vote for using a Powered USB Hub attached to the BeagleBone. I've had to
do the same thing when using a separate Bluetooth and WiFi module and for
just basic USB expansion. However, I found that not all Powered USB hubs
worked with the BBB; at least not so a few years back.
I did have luck
https://beagleboard.org/Support/FAQ
- *What power peripherals are required/desirable?*
- There are several ways to power a Beagle. The option exists to feed
the on-board regulators through either the 5V barrel connector input or USB
input. When powered up over USB, the regulators
A further note of interest. I experienced this problem when the BBB itself
was powered by USB connection to my laptop. However, I discovered that when
I plugged the BBB in with the power adapter, the external USB drive spun up
no problem.
Is this expected behavior? Just curious. Thanks for the
Thanks for the help! I really appreciate it! I'll check out a powered hub
On Thursday, September 10, 2020 at 10:55:10 AM UTC-7
robert.sty...@gmail.com wrote:
> If it is drawing too much current, I suggest a powered hub between BBB and
> HDD
>
> The HDD is USB 2.0 which means max 500mA, but BBB
If it is drawing too much current, I suggest a powered hub between BBB and
HDD
The HDD is USB 2.0 which means max 500mA, but BBB can only supply 100mA
https://github.com/beagleboard/beaglebone-black/wiki/System-Reference-Manual#usb1-host-port
The format is Microsoft NTFS, which Linux cannot
