From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 21 06:16:08 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E9F6B16A47B for ; Tue, 21 Nov 2006 06:16:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from perryh@pluto.rain.com) Received: from agora.rdrop.com (agora.rdrop.com [199.26.172.34]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2166143D5C for ; Tue, 21 Nov 2006 06:15:47 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from perryh@pluto.rain.com) Received: from agora.rdrop.com (66@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by agora.rdrop.com (8.13.1/8.12.7) with ESMTP id kAL6G7MH017144 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Mon, 20 Nov 2006 22:16:08 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from perryh@pluto.rain.com) Received: (from uucp@localhost) by agora.rdrop.com (8.13.1/8.12.9/Submit) with UUCP id kAL6G70w017141; Mon, 20 Nov 2006 22:16:07 -0800 (PST) Received: from fbsd61 ([192.168.200.61]) by pluto.rain.com (4.1/SMI-4.1-pluto-M2060407) id AA21690; Mon, 20 Nov 06 21:39:53 PST Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2006 21:39:49 -0800 From: perryh@pluto.rain.com To: lolarch@tiscali.co.uk Message-Id: <45629125.3Ccz1PPAdMPxI2sg%perryh@pluto.rain.com> References: <000501c70ccd$bb0849a0$0300a8c0@home1> In-Reply-To: <000501c70ccd$bb0849a0$0300a8c0@home1> User-Agent: nail 11.25 7/29/05 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: usb advice X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2006 06:16:09 -0000 > can I put 2 devices onto one usb plug. > > I'd like to solder an internal card reader and a usb socket onto > one usb plug so that I can plug it in to the internal usb socket > on the usb card, is this possible? You can do it, but not quite that way. What you need is to plug a hub into the card's internal socket, and then plug each of the devices into one of the hub's ports. Depending on how much power your devices use, it might need to be a powered hub. In a way, this is easier: no soldering needed. BTW this is really not a FreeBSD question :)