USB Ports - How to facilitate wireless + Sentury?

[JAR897]

Hi all, Quick Q:

How many USB(A) ports are available for the M3? If the answer is 2x in the front area, how would one facilitate both a wireless charger (which I believe takes 2x ports) and also a pendrive for Sentury mode (1x port).

Does a USB splitter increase battery drain?

 

[jjrandorin]

Through some sort of USB hub / splitter, etc. Not in any appreciable way. The issue with USB splitters etc, is what charge rate they allow / how much power they pass through (as in usually a wireless charging pad that requires 2 USB plugs will charge slower when you use standard USB splitters).

 

[Knightshade]

Prior to (roughly) June 2020 they came with 2 front USB-A ports.

After that they are built like the Y- one USB-C into which the factory wireless charging pad plugs, and one USB-A port.

Personally I'm a big fan of the Navak splitters (designed by a user here, compact, requiring no extra wiring, and offering better charge rates than most "dumb" hubs do.

Note there's a 1st and 2nd gen version of it....

V1 turns one USB-A into one data port for dashcam and/or music, and 1 charge port (up to 2.1a)

V2 offers an SDcard slot for dashcam and/or music, plus two data ports (one 1.5a, one 0.5 amps) for various uses... (cam/music if you want that on a seperate storage device, game controller, wired phone charger, etc)

 

[XLR82XS]

I bought this:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07PH2WXKT/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

 

[frankusb]

Personally I'm a big fan of the Navak splitters (designed by a user here, compact, requiring no extra wiring, and offering better charge rates than most "dumb" hubs do.

Note there's a 1st and 2nd gen version of it....

V1 turns one USB-A into one data port for dashcam and/or music, and 1 charge port (up to 2.1a)

V2 offers an SDcard slot for dashcam and/or music, plus two data ports (one 1.5a, one 0.5 amps) for various uses... (cam/music if you want that on a seperate storage device, game controller, wired phone charger, etc)

Citation needed, I searched Amazon and the forum and could not find mention of a V2.

 

[Knightshade]

Citation needed, I searched Amazon and the forum and could not find mention of a V2.

Your search-fu is weak!

Navak USB combo hub (Gen 2) ready to fly

 

[jjrandorin]

Citation needed, I searched Amazon and the forum and could not find mention of a V2.

@Navak stated that V2 is not on Amazon yet, so if you only searched amazon (and not this forum, where navak is and which he posted about v2), then you missed it.

 

[frankusb]

Your search-fu is weak!

Navak USB combo hub (Gen 2) ready to fly

Thank you. It may not be my search-fu as much as this board's search-fu since I did seardh for Navak.

 

[New_Old_Stock]

I'm patiently waiting for the Navak v2 to hit Amazon so I can order one.

 

[jjrandorin]

I'm patiently waiting for the Navak v2 to hit Amazon so I can order one.

You can get it directly from Navak himself if you want.. hes on this board. if you PM him he can talk to you about it.

 

[New_Old_Stock]

I mentioned that I appreciated him shipping to APO with his Amazon shop in the thread about v2. He was participating in the tread and didn’t say “PM me” so I sorta assumed he was content to let the Amazon shop deal with it.