LoveRPi MicroUSB to USB 4 Port Black OTG Hub for Raspberry Pi Zero

This is a simple 4-port USB hub with a microUSB connector. It is designed for use with computers and operating systems (most modern ones) that support the OTG capability, which essentially allows the use of nearly any USB peripheral with your computer. The hub is quite small, about 7/8 in. wide x 5/8 in. high x 2.5 in. long--small enough to easily get lost in your luggage :) Its cable is only 4 in long from the hub enclosure to the connector strain relief. While intended, and priced, for Raspberry Pi users, I bought it for an inexpensive "Ematic" Windows 10 tablet, with which it performs perfectly. In my opinion as a product-making electronics/computer engineer, it is well-designed, with mechanically-solid strain reliefs at both ends of its cable, ample room for all four USB devices, a nicely-finished and reasonably-strong plastic case, and no loose parts. As others have pointed out, the microUSB connector will not provide anything like full power (500 mA for each USB connector). Flash drives work fine. It would be hard to do much better than LoveRPi has done with this hub; if this is what you want, buy it.

Ordered for a recent 10 hour road trip to keep an 11 year old charged and occupied. Worked great clipped to the top of the back seat pocket. Cord is a good length and the USB passthrough in the cigarette lighter plug is a great feature. It is now a permanent fixture in my vehicle.

I use it to expand my usb items connected to my laptop that I use in my electronics lab.It works well but it will also allow me to charge my occasional low voltage low current item.

I invested quite a few hours fighting with an OTG cable to try to connect a USB device to a Raspberry Pi Zero W. Couldn't get it to work. The Pi would not see the USB device when I ran 'lsusb'. [The same USB device worked just fine on a Raspberry Pi 3b]. I purchased this hub, connected it to the Pi Zero W and my connectivity issue was resolved. It's a great fix for an annoying USB issue on the Pi Zero W. Background: The Pi Zero/Zero W can be either a USB host or a USB device. The OTG cable I purchased was not enough to make my project work. This hub solves the "host vs device" issue with no other config changes.

Bought it for a Pi Zero WH. Nothing plugged into the OTG hub will work - not keyboard, not mouse and not touchscreen. Made sure 2.5A power to Pi Zero as recommended. If I use a regular single port OTG USB Micro to USB female cable like the one from UGreen ( https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00N9S9Z0G ), the keyboard, mouse and touchscreen all work but I can only plug in one device as I only have a single port. I wish this hub would have worked, it would have been perfect for my needs. I wrote to LoveRPI through Amazon Contact Seller and no response.

I’ve been buying up a number of these LoveRPi MicroUSB hubs for my Raspberry Pi Zero and Raspberry Pi Zero Wireless boards. Since this is an unpowered hub, you may need to add up all of the current requirements of the devices you plug in, but typically in using a USB keyboard and mouse, and either a WiFi adaptor or an Arduino board, I’ve yet to see any current problems.The only issue I can report has more to do with the Raspberry Pi Zero boards, which don’t like to see sudden current drops on the USB port. So beware of unplugging devices with relative high current needs, such as a WiFi adaptor, since this may cause the board to reset.I’m very happy with these little hubs.

The device seems to work great for a Raspberry Pi zero (v1.3). I was able to connect a USB keyboard/mouse and USB Network adapter to this hub. I did have to make sure I had a proper a power adapter to power the RPI so I'm using USB power adapter with an output of 5.3v - 2.0A (110v input). I have just been using this for one day but I'm able to power a USB keyboard/mouse and a USB NIC with no issues. I was also able to plug in a USB flash drive and this is working as well.This is very cool to be able to carry one small device and this gives me all the extra USB ports I need.

The hub did work with a Pi0 1.3 for awhile. When the plastic disintegrated, pins shorted and killed my Pi0's USB port. The plastic was so far gone that at least it was easy to remove the powdered remains from my USB cable.