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randomdamage

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Dec 15, 2010
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Hi All,
Thought I'd post a picture of my completed install of a 4-port Tiny USB hub in my 5,1 Mac Pro. I have this wired to the standard Bluetooth USB connector, JA120. I used the original Bluetooth cable, cut the end off, and soldered the wires directly to the upstream USB port connections on the Tiny Hub board. I bought this board from Retrocution. One port is used for the upgraded Bluetooth board (you can see the antenna extension cable taped down just above it) and two ports are connected to the downstream USB ports on my Titan Ridge card. One port is unused.

I only wired up the hub's downstream USB D+, D- data lines to the USB devices and didn't connect VBUS or GND. Everything seems to work OK.


MacPro_Tiny_Hub.jpg
 
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