4-port NanoHub - tiny USB hub for hacking projects

Name: 4-port NanoHub - tiny USB hub for hacking projects
SKU: 8262
Price: 14.90 USD
Availability: OutOfStock
Rating: 4.60 (12 reviews)

(12 Reviews)

A 4-port upgrade to the original NanoHub; an entire 4-port USB hub that is smaller than a USB connector

Designed by Muxtronics in Netherlands

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$14.90

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A 4-port upgrade to the original NanoHub; an entire 4-port USB hub that is smaller than a USB connector

Directions for use

This USB hub is really for hacking projects, by people who are comfortable soldering tiny wires. The 4-port NanoHub wires are spaced very close together and require a steady hand to connect up. Because these aren't properly impedance matched wires, you will not be able to use more than approx. 400mm cable lengths reliably. Also, carefully observe and double-check the polarity of your wires. The correct port and pole designation is on the back of the board. Getting this wrong almost certainly means damaging the NanoHub and any attached USB devices. After building it into your project, in order to avoid accidental shorts, use heatshrink or kapton tape around the board to insulate it.

Make sure to check out the official documentation on muxtronics.nl linked in the sidebar! This documentation is extremely in-depth and constantly updated with new measurements, photos and revision information.

Long term support

This product is categorized as long-term support (LTS) by Muxtronics, meaning that: - The product will be available for a long time - Its product page will feature a discontinuation notice at least 12 months before discontinuing the product - The product can still be backordered after discontinuation with an approx. 8-week lead time - Volume pricing will remain relatively stable (barring raises due to inflation, currency fluctuations)

This decision has been made due to the large number of customers integrating NanoHubs into their products and requestion long-term availability and price stability.

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Review Breakdown

Average Ratings

Product: (4.92)

Documentation: (4.00)

Shipping: (4.67)

Communication: (4.83)

Mathew | Aug. 4, 2019

Brilliant little thing

Despite my meager soldering skills, I found this relatively easy to connect up; Everything is labeled on the board, and it works like a charm.

I'd suggest that if you are really bad at soldering, you get some practice in before attempting to connect this, as there's not a lot of margin for error. I bridged some of the connections a few times, before getting it correct, as they are very close together. That's on me, not the product.

One thing that would be nice to see, if it'd fit, would be a tiny LED to show that it has power going to it. Not a necessity, but a nice to have.

Regardless, I'm extremely happy with this very well designed item!!

Sergey Vladimirovich | July 3, 2019

this 4-port USB nanoport works great for me

Works perfect for my project (advanced WHID device in USB mouse for pentesting using CACTUS WHID, usb mouse and USB flash drive or wi-fi usb flash drive (will be connected by proprietary board, controlled wirelessly))

Jesper | June 7, 2019

Great product

I can only echo what others users have said. Product works. Mux is a nice guy that will help you in case of trouble. Use the correct cables.

Juan | March 1, 2019

This little hub is awesome!!

First, the NanoHub is truly nano. Second and more important, Muxtronics is incredibly responsive and helpful. I received the NanoHub (very quick by the way!) and started soldering, then my trouble started (I would like to clarify that all the troubles were my fault). First error was using too long wires, I don't understand what is the problem with longer wires due to my lack of knowledge about it, but it is definitely a problem (Edit: at the end wires length wasn't a problem, afterwards I have soldered directly 1.5m wires and they are working fine!). My second error was using pigtail wires connections. According to the wise advice from Muxtronics that is creating little antennas and somehow the USB doesn't work because of it. After shortening the wires and replacing the pigtail connections with in-line ones my NanoHub is working perfectly so far!!!
Without the advice from Muxtronics I would have never sort out why the hub was working for a mouse but not for a webcam.
So far I have connected a couple of mouses, a webcam and another device which has a relatively high power consumption (300mA) with success!
I love it, still I would prefer something slightly bigger and easier to solder, let say a MicroHub edition. Although once everything is soldered the smaller the better.

Philippe | Nov. 10, 2018

4-port nanohub : awesome

Works perfectly.
Soldering is not so easy - it is so small, but absolutely awesome.
(I advise the use of decent USB cable the first time round, we had to unsolder a cheep cable, and reuse of these tiny boards is difficult)

Paul | June 6, 2018

Good Product

Ordered a couple of these for use in a variety of projects. Work exactly as advertised and really help reduce foot print on usb connected stuff that you need to pack into a small space without the bulky connectors (which was what I needed).

no real complaints only a possible feature/design consideration: the power (positive/negative) wiring holes could stand to be one wire gauge clearance larger to allow for one size up on power wiring (need to carry more current for some of my projects. Not a huge deal but personally I'd take another 1mm in either dimension of board length/width to pickup the next wire gauge size for power.

Otherwise good solid product that does what it says. Order extras as you'll end up finding homes for them in your other projects...

Matthew | April 7, 2018

Great for keyboard projects

They are really tiny. If your soldering skills aren't up to snuff, make sure you practice on something else first.
In the end, when installed properly these are amazing and do exactly what you would expect.

Non-DHL shipping to the US is glacial, but not the fault of the project.

Documentation at the time of writing does not include much in the way of cabling information.
The store page does point out an issue with cable length. It would be helpful if the cable length
on the store page were included on the documentation page.

Communication was polite and helpful.

From someone who struggled with cabling for a few days - Unless you are great at making USB cables,
you should consider not making your own. Get a pre-made cable and snip the ends off.
I initially had difficulties with distance, and many USB errors. This was not a fault with the hub, but me failing
at making my own cable.

Redmer | Jan. 19, 2018

Great little product !

Used this to connect 2 Arduino's and 1 FTDI converter inside a sim racing steering wheel button plate (own design, 3dprinted) and the NanoHub is... Tiny !! Soldering is not easy and make sure to use a tool with clamps and magnifying glass, at least I could not do it without !

Support from the maker is also perfect !!

Cheers,

Red

Émile | Nov. 3, 2017

Good Product, needs better soldering instruction

The board is very small, solder points are very near to each others, which can make avoiding shorts tricky.

I used 22AWG wires to wire the ports, had no problems until I had to solder the +5v and GND wires. They are somewhat too close to each others, so they ended up all being soldered together (5v together and GNDtogether, not 5v to GND, that would be stupid), but that doesn't matter, because they are connected together on the pcb anyway.

Connecting the ports does requiere some prior knowledge to which wire goes to which pins on the usb ports, but that's fine since the board costs quite a bit for its size, so they probably expect skilled people to buy them, and not ones who are new to soldering and tiny circuits.

Overall very good product, all 4 ports are working for me, no shorts anywhere and the ability to have your own custom wire lenght is really what makes it a better usb hub than any other on the market.

I'm using it for a tiny emulator box inside a SNES cartridge, using a Pi Zero. I wanted 4 ports for 4 gamepads, and this was simply the only option that could work.

Vlastimil | July 6, 2017

Great little board

I used it to hack USB hub into my mechanical keyboard. Despite the size it was quite easy to solder. My board came with chipped off corner but still perfectly functional.

Pics http://imgur.com/a/dQBDH

Marien | April 29, 2017

I knew it was tiny, but damn it is tiny!

Ordered this product for a DIY portable travel nas.
Shipping was very fast (same country) so no complains there.
I knew the nanohub would be tiny, but I was still amazed by it's size when it arrived.
Documentation is detailed and open-source though I still had some practical questions. My questions were answered pretty quick and detailed.

All in all, I'm very pleased with the entire experience!

Charles | Dec. 1, 2016

Wow!

When I received the board, I was impressed. He's so small! I am a noob, I do not even know if I will be able to solder on it. But I can not wait to try it!

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