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When will we have an armbian USB-c docking bar which is tested and working (part II)

Posted bypg@petergamma.org

Last Updated on April 10, 2023 by pg@petergamma.org

To all armbian developers, who want to develop a device which can be compared to the Pinephone and the Raspberry Pi zero w2. An “armbian USB-c docking bar” is required similar to the Pinephone pro usb-c dock:

https://pine64.com/product/pinephone-pro-usb-c-docking-bar/

  • The Pinephone pro usb-c dock works with the Pinephone pro and postmarketOS.
  • To have a single board computer which can be compared to this setup we need to to start with:

1) a single board computer, as for instance the MangoPi MQ Quad SBC:

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

  • or a similar device.

2) only one usb-c adapter, we suggest for instance this one:

https://de.aliexpress.com/item/1005003033528048.html?spm=a2g0o.productlist.main.39.31fb40f5iVx4bi&algo_pvid=f8acf332-f4a8-4a89-8072-311911b7c96c&aem_p4p_detail=20230409081414603151522051740009033250&algo_exp_id=f8acf332-f4a8-4a89-8072-311911b7c96c-19&pdp_npi=3%40dis%21USD%2111.07%217.75%21%21%21%21%21%40212243c016810532540357131d06cc%2112000023715312835%21sea%21CH%21777421489&curPageLogUid=FYRRCIQs22X2&ad_pvid=20230409081414603151522051740009033250_20&ad_pvid=20230409081414603151522051740009033250_20

  • leebsvideo has got get to work a similar usb-c adapter with a Raspbery Pi zero w2:

he showed that

  • four usb hard drives
  • ethernet over usb
  • a secund usb adapter with 4 additional usb plugs
  • usb keyboard and mouse
  • 4 gaming consoles

worked with this usb-c adapter

  • I can confirm that a Raspberry Pi zero w2 with the usb-c adapter from Aliexpress shown above works for usb keyboard and mouse.

3) Only one single armbian distro which is confirmed that it works with the the single usb-c adapter which is tested and confirmed

  • Since who wants to test all the usb-c adapters with all the armbian distros which run on all armbian devices?
  • alaraajavamma from the Pine64 forum tested 12 usb-c adapters with the PinePhone pro, most of them worked:

https://forum.pine64.org/showthread.php?tid=18059&pid=116630#pid116630

But is this also the case with usb-c adapters and armbian?