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USB Host Port Installation

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The steps you will need to complete will be based on what RP2040 board you are using and they may differ immensely. Some boards will require you to solder additional wires and connect peripheral boards onto your board. Others will have the host port already installed and no additional hardware steps will be required.

At the minimum, the following requirements are true for all RP2040 boards.

  • 2 GPIO pins that are sequential (i.e. GPIO Pin X and GPIO Pin X+1) and NOT in series/parallel with any capacitors or large, non-termination resistors
  • A 5V pin (i.e. VBUS, VCC, +5V, etc.)
  • A ground pin (i.e. GND)

You may need the following additional hardware to complete the installation. What you will need specifically will depend on your specific board configuration.

  • Solder and Soldering Iron

  • Wires to connect to the USB A port

  • Wire terminators to connect to your GP2040-CE Board

  • A USB Host board breakout board or an extra USB Cable

    Example Wiring​

    note

    While this example wiring guide uses a Raspberry Pi Pico, the general principle applies to ALL RP2040 based boards.

    USB Host Wiring Diagram

    • VCC - Connects to 5V power (Example: VBUS on the Raspberry Pi Pico)
    • D+ - Connects to the D+ GPIO Pin above, set in the Web Configurator. (Example: GPIO0 on the Raspberry Pi Pico)
    • D- - Connects to the D- GPIO Pin above, automatically set based on D+. (Example: GPIO1 on the Raspberry Pi Pico)
    • GND - Connects to a ground pin, any GND pin will work. (Example: GND on the Raspberry Pi Pico)

    note

    For D+ and D-, any set of GPIO pins can be used from the RP2040. However, there is a requirement that D- GPIO must immediately precede or follow D+ (i.e. D+ = GPIO Pin X -> D- must be X+1 or X-1).