Mango Pi extension board with usb-c or usb 3?

Last Updated on April 11, 2023 by pg@petergamma.org

• We are happy that there is an usb2 extension board available from Mango Pi extension, which eventually solves the problem with usb-c hubs and usb hats:

Where can we buy the MangoPi MQ Quad & the Mango Pi extension board with usb2 & ethernet?

• This could solve the problems Mango PI SBCs have with Debian or Armbian, or even get to get an OS installed with works on these devices.
• But for some application it is better to have an usb-c connector or an usb3 hat, as for instance for
• to connect hard drives
• add an existing WiFi network
• get rid of all cables but the power, as gounthar proposed and failed due to lack of usb-c support for the Mango Pi MQ quat:

https://forum.armbian.com/topic/23201-cnx-software-mangopi-mq-quad-sbc-%E2%80%93-allwinner-h616-meets-raspberry-pi-zero-w-form-factor/

• an usb-c hub or an usb2 or usb3 hat can increase the number of applications for which a SBC can be used dramatically, as this example shows:

leepspvideo shows a Raspberry Pi zero w2 with an usb hub and shows what he get to work with it

• also adding an external SSD to boot from does this not only make sense if there is a usb-c hub or usb3 hat available which works?