Description
The Waveshare PCIe to USB Hub HAT for your Raspberry Pi provides you with four additional USB 3.2 Gen 1 port for operating several peripheral devices such as solid state drive, flash drives or even game pads! The hub also follows HAT+ standard for easy implementation
Note: Raspberry Pi 5 and its active cooler sold seperately.
Features
- Provides 4 × high speed USB 3.2 Gen 1 ports
- Only suitable with Raspberry Pi 5
- Connection via 16Pin PCI-e FFC cable
- Board design includes resevered airflow vent and spacers for operating the active cooler
- EEPROM chip for saving HAT ID + product info
- Supports real-time monitoring via of USB power status via Software
Specifications
- Power monitoring IC: INA219
- Flash Chip: MX25L3206
- USB 3.0 Host controller: VL805
- PCI-e interface generation: Gen 2 (also operable with Gen 3 but no perfomance difference)
Board Layout
- Raspberry Pi GPIO header
- USB 3.2 Gen1 expanded ports
- INA219 (Power monitoring chip)
- USB type-C connector for external 5V DC power supply
- PWR LED (Power indicator)
- MX25L3206 (FLASH chip)
- VL805 (USB 3.0 Host controller for PCIe)
- PCIe interface