Converting Any USB Device to A Wireless USB using Raspberry Pi Zero

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In this video I will be showing you how you can turn your raspberry pi zero to a wireless USB hub, essentially giving you the ability to share any USB device over wifi!
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@owNewBlood 3 жыл бұрын

I was searching for something like this high and low last year. I don't remember what I needed it for, but that unsolved use case may now rest in peace.

@noumqn 3 жыл бұрын

i feel ya brother xD

@ylerta1 3 жыл бұрын

Worst thing is that we already had a zero laying around...

@discovermajid 3 жыл бұрын

its not important what the use was, its important that you must do this now

@joliver1981 3 жыл бұрын

“I know it’s working but can’t test it..” anyone who works in IT knows those are famous last words.. 😂

@timsjourney 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you. I just rediscovered your channel again and am going to need to watch your videos over again to attempt to pick up some knowledge working with the entire PI series. I spent 43 years as a developer on mainframes and PCs as well as, when necessary, a sometimes network hack. So, I am hoping this won’t be that difficult.

@whizbangery 3 жыл бұрын

Was looking for something exactly like this. Thanks for sharing this video. Was a quick setup and works well along with whatever you have running on the RPi.

@randomwang6668 3 жыл бұрын

I have wanted this kind of wireless USB hub since I was developing a gaming device for consoles 4 years before. But at that time I didn't know too much about the raspberry pi and Linux stuff, the 2.4G and 5.8G chipset can't have this big bandwidth and compatibility for different kinds of devices. Now, this is it! Thanks for your sharing!

@zhick666 3 жыл бұрын

Quick note: You don't need the virtualhere software for this, the functionality is built into the linux kernel already. All you need is the usbip software. Of course, this doesn't come with a GUI application in typical linux fashion, but the cli is pretty easy to use. And I can't say anything about how well it works with windows clients as I've only tried with linux clients, but it should be supported. The performance is actually measurably better for me (probably because it needs less context-switching or sth), and it doesn't come with the limitation of only being able to use one device at the same time (vs the trial license of virtualhere).

@NovaspiritTech 3 жыл бұрын

yup i also have a previous video about usbip

@ddlc7022 2 жыл бұрын

Do I need virtualhere on Mac ?

@DdZ-lv3jq 2 жыл бұрын

Does it also support displays connected through USB ? Or elaborate USB hubs (with ethernet, display and different usb types). The USB hub all outputs it through a single USB-C so from a hardware side it shouldn't be a problem but I can imagine the bandwidth sky rockets.

@Hakeem597 Жыл бұрын

@@NovaspiritTech Then post the link>>>

@yahnsolo 2 жыл бұрын

I was looking for this for so long! Thank you so much and also to the YT algo ^^

@yukio4803 3 жыл бұрын

Where has this been all my life!! Thanks

@fernandocompri 3 жыл бұрын

Wow, you made this so simple! Congrats

@MRPtech 3 жыл бұрын

You just made my day with this video ! THANK YOU!!!

@bonce 3 жыл бұрын

Subscribed exceptionally quickly. Excellent video, loads of hints and tips here, nice! Also personal use case, usb wireless printer!

@llortaton2834 3 жыл бұрын

Why are you so good and why are your videos always on topic BRUH 10/10 again

@jeanmorin4580 3 жыл бұрын

Love Virtual here. I used a Synology to run Virtual Here server to share a USB licence dongle with a VM. Worked like a charm.

@korrupted80 3 жыл бұрын

Luckily for me, I happen to have one of these multiple USB hat for the pi zero to try out! Superb video once again!

@msesbreno 3 жыл бұрын

Wow! I was thinking of doing this exact same thing for my HOTAS. Perfectly what I needed! Thanks!

@nightbutchers 2 жыл бұрын

Have you tried it yet? Thinking the same thing to stop tripping over/rolling over cables from the chair

@povilasstaniulis9484 3 жыл бұрын

I've used USB over network before. This is only good for low-speed devices like printers, scanners, security dongles, cameras etc. Running something like a USB 3.0 flash drive over network isn't going to be fast due to additional overhead of the protocol (and the software). For those, you're better off just making a Samba share. Also, the software you're suggesting to use is trialware/payware. Can be easily patched though if you're short on funds. Linux has a USB/IP stack built into kernel and there are free solutions available which can work with it (none are as user friendly though).

@sarathkumar341 3 жыл бұрын

OMG! This is going to be my next project & u almost gave a solution! ❤️

@jermz79 Жыл бұрын

Exactly what I was looking for!

@videos40058 Жыл бұрын

oh dude 1 years later i am bumping in a problem that I been wasting too much time searching and I kept on seeing your video in recommendations but I said , that will be my last option. And here I am you indeed have the solution to my problem witch I think is common to most music content creators out there. imagine you have a mac m1 with USB c and you have a USB keyboard to connect to ableton or what ever. and your forced to have a USB c hub connected to the laptop at all times while working with the music keyboard. this clever thing that I cannot find it would make any MacBook content creator have the full wireless experience while working. thank you man , but I cannot do it . i rather pay for it.

@BikeLife1 5 ай бұрын

Wow dude when the idea popped into my head to make my joysticks wireless on my chair mount i never thought the first video i clicked would happen to have a joystick in it too haha. Thanks man checking it out now

@40YOgamerz 5 ай бұрын

Are you using it with windows? I got it running on the zero and it is working but my windows pc isn’t seeing the device.

@mightythimble4942 3 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for this information and instruction! I play Star Citizen with dual flight sticks that are mounted to my chair and now I don't have to be tethered anymore! This is amazing! THANK YOU!!!

@ericescobar4588 3 жыл бұрын

I absolutely love your content dude!

@lukaszzacharski 3 жыл бұрын

Great stuff as always. Thanks!

@fancy841014 3 жыл бұрын

Clear tutorial and nice sharing! THX!

@nuteronix5799 3 жыл бұрын

Carefully, this guy's a hero. Don't let the secret out

@RpWhite 2 жыл бұрын

Using USBIP I was able to connect an OLD Qume QT-31 to a Linux box via help from your video. I have always wanted to do this, but never got 'around' to it, but once I saw your video I decided to try again. Had to play with it a bit, but it works fine. Also using a ZERO 2 W and it works fine with USB HAT (which I didn't need) but looked cool so I thought why not. So for less than 30 bux I have a wyse (like) serial terminal hooked up to my Linux box over WiFi via the Zero 2. Cool!

@teomanefe 3 жыл бұрын

Just what I needed actually! Might try this on my old gamepads to see how the latency is

@jacksparrow-ig4xs 3 жыл бұрын

Let us know!

@craigdirectormitchell6721 3 жыл бұрын

@@jacksparrow-ig4xs commenting cuz i wanna know the response

@mrburns366 3 жыл бұрын

yeah same.. i immediately wondered about latency. lol

@deBug67 3 жыл бұрын

Great tip, thank you!

@davocc2405 3 жыл бұрын

Dr Don - a while back you showed this rather epic little battery for the Zero that plugged neatly on the back; this could turn all sorts of devices into a sit-back-and-relax wireless config that's rechargeable, wonderful for living room configs potentially. Do you still have that battery backpack device?

@64tigger60 3 жыл бұрын

that was FANTASTIC.

@claudetheroux3438 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the videos, you show pretty cool stuff on your channel. Cheers, Claude

@greentechnology7346 Жыл бұрын

This is really useful, I have followed your channel for a long time it has given me fresh ideas from time to time. Really great tech content. I have a question though, how do I install the client to my mobile phone or tablet so I can print to the now wireless usb printer?

@MickeyMishra 3 жыл бұрын

Ohhh!! ME LIKEY! I'm going to have to order about a hundred of these because seems like I've got the perfect thing to do with these

@averyalexander2528 3 жыл бұрын

I wanted this for passing through my drawing display wirelessly! Now, if i could run virtualhere and parsec on the same Pi, then I'd really be cooking.

@geneepak 2 жыл бұрын

Great video! would this work for a midi controller? Or would there be signal latency?

@crom29a 3 жыл бұрын

Great video. Ctrl + Shift + X for other noobs who couldn't find the advanced options of Raspberry Pi Imager ! 👍

@TheRealFrankWizza 3 жыл бұрын

This is cool. I have a few pi 0 w's. I am going to mess with this over the weekend.

@ManicQuinn 2 жыл бұрын

Works perfectly, initially got it for typing when I am on the bed as I sometimes get too fatigued to be on the chair and my keyboard cannot reach my bed. I did test it out with a controller and a mouse, I got too much latency on those devices(13+ms for Mouse and 7-10ms on controller) so I definitely will not be using it for gaming, latency gets worse as you put a lot of quick inputs. (tested mouse with a generic mouse tester on a website and I tested the controller with DS4Windows input readings)

@tehonlynoobs5556 Жыл бұрын

hi hope you read it did it work good for usb microphone ? how about latency for that mic ?

@Shane-Singleton 3 жыл бұрын

Sweet. Now you can turn any USB printer into a wireless one with minimal hardware!

@nathanadhitya 3 жыл бұрын

You technically don't need this low level for USB printers. It's just unnecessary...... A more elegant solution that's more scalable would be to just turn that printer networked, as in, use a software like CUPS as the spooler, then share it as a network printer.

@Shane-Singleton 3 жыл бұрын

@@nathanadhitya You're not wrong. I'd completely forgotten about CUPS. I set up a cups print server (counts on fingers) about 15 years ago using an old PC I got for free from work and an Apple Color laser printer that I also got for free from a small business. And as luck would have it I found a spare Pi Zero W unopened when I was digging through a desk drawer last night looking for the wall wort for my Train DCC controller. Think I figured out what i'm going to do this weekend if i can carve out a free half hour.

@vibrion121 3 жыл бұрын

Great! Exactly what im looking for to "wire free" a bamboo wacom tablet! I'll review it on mi laptop (now on phone)

@d-manx8766 3 жыл бұрын

That's awesome in my mind I can picture a Bluetooth speaker that automatically backs up your MP3s and pic's to local storage in the speaker when you connect your phone and has USB hub and functionality

@saltmainz3015 3 жыл бұрын

I still love this corner shelf

@williesolomon6816 Жыл бұрын

What kind of range do you get? Do you think it would work plugged into trail cam? They have a USB port that acts like mass storage if used. Great video.

@DiyintheGhetto 3 жыл бұрын

This would nice with cameras but the latency might be to high because of the wireless If you are far away from the wifi router. But if you have no other choice then this would be nice. Can you do a video on setting up the camera with this?

@alzalame 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much , it is very helpfull.

@cooperwrks 5 ай бұрын

thank you!

@liszcgsedt 3 жыл бұрын

Looks cool! Gonna need another Zero W tho, my testing Pi1 seems to have died at last and the rest are in use. Still I wonder, would it chew sound (USB mic and/or or speakers) as well?

@glennedgar5057 3 жыл бұрын

I like your video. I am using the same hardware on three of my sites on my farm irrigation system. I use the hub because I have an Andriuno Device making measurements and an external Wifi antenna because my units are in metal boxes. The raspberry pi is useful because of its low power generation. Low power generation is important for heat generation and because the power wires are 24 volts 20 gauge wire supplying all remote devices ( 2 Amp max ). Perhaps you could do a video on low-power Linux devices which have small form factors and have a better processor than the raspberry pi as it is an ARM 11. Maybe something along the lines of an ARM A6 which was the upgrade to ARM 9. The Pi Zero has a max current capacity of 100 ma which is much less than the Pi 4.

@nanettemccrone25 2 жыл бұрын

you sir are a legend thank you for sharing this. i want to be able to use my arcade stick on our downstars tv but steam link wont pick it up

@_..--- 3 жыл бұрын

using a wifi adapter with this must be pretty weird, cool video man

@NovaspiritTech 3 жыл бұрын

LOL

@JohnnyJTav 3 жыл бұрын

Don... You Are The Man.

@Soengiac0001 3 жыл бұрын

That is awesome.

@scanner_956 3 жыл бұрын

Bro your a savior

@TheIronHeadRat Жыл бұрын

Thanks 👍

@Blu702 3 жыл бұрын

This is so rad.

@RonEggler 3 жыл бұрын

Sweet! Very cool!

@AliSaldin 2 жыл бұрын

Super!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! it's very helpful thank you very much

@sagarmakhija1994 3 жыл бұрын

Please can you test and tell what is the max data transfer speed it supports if i use usb stick and copy data

@user-lf4zt6qk3v 8 ай бұрын

Thank you it is work !

@GerinoMorn 11 ай бұрын

I consider trying it for wired usb headphones. I'm guessing any delay should be negligible (and sound being slightly delayed from video is less noticeable anyway). I'm just thinking of a power pack for this - of course a decent usb battery is the route, but I'm wondering if it's ok to put it just through PiZero or should I figure out some ultra small scale powered hub separate from pi zero?

@MLGPRO-dx8fg 3 жыл бұрын

This would be awesome for a networked capture card or disc drive.

@mramosch 2 жыл бұрын

Another great video, thx… How would a USB optical drive show up on an iPad, let’s say with (1) an ISO9660 formatted CD-ROM media (2) an Audio-CD inserted into the drive? Any guess?

@MCgranat999 2 жыл бұрын

I wanted to do something like this with ESP8266 Good to know you got it working on a PI

@zainoferd7852 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the video It would be nice to reduce resolution so we can read the scree. I watch on my phone screen and it's difficult to see what are you sharing.

@kden5436 2 жыл бұрын

Okay, This is awesome. I do have a question though. I really want to try using the Raspberry pi 4 that I bought, as a Bluetooth receiver for my pc. Since my pc doesn't have Bluetooth. Is this possible and how can I go about approaching this problem? Thanks!

@ArnoudvanLeijden 3 жыл бұрын

Wow, if I could find the right app for my android phone, this could make a wireless android car connection!

@DdZ-lv3jq 2 жыл бұрын

Hi, this looks really great. I am wondering could you connect a display (with USB-C) to the RPI zero-W and use the monitor as a wireless screen? To take it a step further, I have a wired hub from WAVLINK which works wonders and it combines all kinds of usb (and ethernet) and outputs it through a single USB-C. Would it be possible to make that wireless as well? This means I don't have to switch USB cables when I use my laptop or my PC.

@lukastemberger Жыл бұрын

I'd like to know this too. Curious if this thing could be used to make PSVR2 wireless.

@rock_0075 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the video, I am looking to have a wireless usb hub (that I like to connect few devices webcam, keyboard etc)can I build like this using the Raspberry pi? any suggestions

@cocosloan3748 3 жыл бұрын

Useful in case your dog swallows your USB drive ! "Oh i have wireless connection DW :)"

@sagarmakhija1994 3 жыл бұрын

Hahaha, nice one 😜

@ashishtanwar9748 2 жыл бұрын

much needed i wonder why no one sell this, this just kill all wireless price point at the spot no diff in buying wired or wireless version of any device if this product retail in market!

@paulbishop7399 3 жыл бұрын

vr driving exactgly what I want it for! do a video on that please, love to see how you go about it

@RetroTinkerer 2 жыл бұрын

Oh, I was wondering if I needed a Raspberry Pi 3 or 4 dedicated for this but the zero seems to be enough, have you tried your laser engraver/cutter or if there is to many lag or disconnects?

@circuitdotlt 3 жыл бұрын

What's the throughput and latency? Thinking about true 5.1 audio application.

@yena0902 2 жыл бұрын

I'm just wondering if it is possible to make any usb connected device wireless using two pi zeros as in a bluetooth connection between two devices? So, one pi zero for host and the other one for client when the two zero boot up, they sync automatically.

@xasmaniusvolk8416 2 жыл бұрын

It would be cool to use it the other way around (for example connect the pi to a ps5 and use a nas location over the USB port)

@MarcusHsieh 2 жыл бұрын

I'm really thank you for making this video, but I wanna make sure which board you using in the video, is that Pi Zero W or Pi zero. Because I kept hearing you say " Pi zero", but it seems not working on "Pi Zero".

@baroudi4156 2 жыл бұрын

👏 Very impressive. I wonder, could you make a wireless display with Pi zero and connect it to your network ?

@shadow_rune6178 Жыл бұрын

any usb device would work, though i am not sure that the bitrate would be sufficient. just go look at the Pi-zero specs and see if its good enough for whatever monitor you're getting (res+fps)

@luisaraujo2990 Жыл бұрын

This was an amazing video. Ive been looking for a device like this for a long time. Is it possible to replicate this project using a Pi Pico W?

@magicalhats 2 жыл бұрын

Do you need to have a monitor oversee any prompts or can you just connect it a monitor for setup, then after that its plug and play?

@christophercassar718 2 жыл бұрын

Could thiswork for a 3D printer to send the slicing data from the PC to the printer in another room? Not using octo print as it is a closed source printer running its own slicing software.

@stevenbell9589 2 жыл бұрын

Could you setup hard drives with this so i could store them away and remote in to them like you can if you have say like a server and if so what sort of transfer speeds would you get

@nava284 3 жыл бұрын

Can I use this for an USB DAC for both WIFI and Bluetooth audio?

@scruggs.jonathan 3 жыл бұрын

Very slick! If you had a pi 4 with USB 3, would it work at full speed(obviously depending on network speed)?

@ralph90009 2 жыл бұрын

No, my experiments with USBIP have shown me that there is a hard limit on bandwidth. For instance, my attempts to USBIP a webcam have topped out at 320x240 maximum resolution over 5ghz wifi.

@runegang 3 жыл бұрын

This is awesome. Do there exist any way to use one raspberry pi as sender and another one as receiver of USB over the network where it is possible to connect a USB device to the sender, and the receiver emulates a hub and connects it to the computer connected to the receiver? Kind of like this, only without installing any software to the client computer.

@nitinrai6093 Жыл бұрын

I am also looking for the same use case, because the client is restricted and cannot install additional softwares

@eddi3x3 Жыл бұрын

Does this work to make wired keyboards wireless? What poll rates are possible? (like can you make it poll a keyboard at 1000 hz for example) Does it have a battery attached?

@tablatronix 2 жыл бұрын

Nice usb drive! cute

@xkupi 6 ай бұрын

dude I have that same hotas thrustmaster lol...very cool linux hacks good job.

@SeferDöngel 3 жыл бұрын

Another open source and RasPI magic ... Cool...

@Hypersniper05 3 жыл бұрын

I wonder if a USB docking station can be converted over wifi with all the ports working including HDMI

@ketilkn 3 жыл бұрын

Are you able to change vendor or device ID using this?

@StigBSivertsen 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the video, just an awesome idea :-) Do you think a Banana Pi M2 Zero could be used?

@NovaspiritTech 3 жыл бұрын

Yup

@k3nobi366 2 жыл бұрын

this seems very cool, any tutorials for Windows? Oh and I'm very newbie so don't really understand the commands and stuff

@honestnewsnet 2 жыл бұрын

Would this work to connect phone to USB on head unit wirelessly? Will this work with Android?

@bunnysparklzbunnytime5117 3 жыл бұрын

What is the latency on something like this? What's mass storage transfer speeds?

@SeanRynearson 3 жыл бұрын

Horrible I bet and probably not good for gaming peripherals

@SeanRynearson 3 жыл бұрын

But I can see it being useful for other things.

@Spencisuar 3 жыл бұрын

I was wondering about this with camera use. I don't imagine it being great.

@jeramirezpa 3 жыл бұрын

@@SeanRynearson Well the steam link hardware appliance use this to stream controllers to aplications like emulators that doesn't support steam input, controllers using direct input or other usb devices. Work well maybe not for competitive e-sports games.

@CrypticConsole 3 жыл бұрын

Mass storage is a legacy technology, use SCSI over USB for like 1.5 times the speed

@gullhussain1 2 жыл бұрын

Can this set up be used to make my printers wireless? So my current printers do not have wireless capability and I have to connect them to my laptop via usb to get them to print

@radscientist 3 жыл бұрын

I passing thought about doing something like this about a week ago. Then this video appears. Apparently the universe is trying to tell me something.

@julianmach1944 3 жыл бұрын

can it be used for android auto to use wirelessly?

@JLTek Жыл бұрын

How many devices can this run? Can you also add in USB hubs do you know the max that it could take ? I'm trying to hook up like 5-9 micro cameras.

@mariuszdyc934 7 ай бұрын

Does it transmit vibration data function or ffb I was interested in using this for my thrustmaster wheel,

@AllPurposeBen 3 жыл бұрын

I've read about issues with pi zero w's wifi interfering with the hub and requiring ferrite rings around the pogo pins and that not even being a good solution. Any issues needing those rings?