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What purpose would this be used for? (files.catbox.moe)
submitted 11 months ago by Interstellar_1@pawb.social to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
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I found it at the dollar store.

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[โ€“] jet@hackertalks.com 11 points 11 months ago (1 children)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/USB_On-The-Go

In 2001 the directionality became kind of moot. Especially if you want to do attach something with an on-the-go host

[โ€“] nottheengineer@feddit.de 13 points 11 months ago (1 children)

An OTG setup needs all 5 pins of the micro-B connector. USB A cannot be used for OTG. If a USB-A port can act as a client, that's not OTG, it's a botched implementation.