USB Host Shield DIY
January 22, 2024, 21:56
I gonna get my Raspberry PI Pico W soon and wanted to know if I can "make" my own USB Host Shield out of some cable.
Like this one for example
but how should I connect them to my pico? so I have one mikrousb and one usb for Mouse input
You can emulate a USB mouse, but not vice versa.
I mean how can I connect this one to the pico so I can get the Input you know?
<https://blog.4dcu.be/diy/2023/12/03/pi-pico-usb-c.html> would this work or is the usb c too different from usb?
That is just how to connect an USB-C in parallel with the USB micro.
And in the USB world there are two types of USB roles, device or host. A mouse is a device. The USB port in the computer or a USB hub is a "host".
Raspberry Pi Pico is a serial device that can also emulate a HID (mouse/keyboard) device or a storage device.
But I haven't seen anywhere that it can be a USB host.
That is not in the USB standard.
wdym its not the USB standard? Because I want to make a USB Host shield by myself (because dont want to spend money). So I can connect my mouse to pico and redirect that one on my regular pc
I just found that code and with that you can make some GPIO pins to D- and D+ and it can act as a USB host
okey nice thank you!
And this is what you wan't to do https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOD-NOzgj7o
Yes but I dont want to use two picos
but thats fine
He is just using one Pico as a device, replace that with your mouse
Okey Ye I see that
Perfect for testing, you know exactly what the device (in this case a Pico) is sending, if a mouse was connected you also need to have a USB sniffer.
yes thats not a problem too
And in the video description you have the github repo
So that should get you going, I hope.
Yes I hope too but its gonna be alright