Hands On Raspberry Pi Zero 3 Port USB Hub with Ethernet

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Hands-On Raspberry Pi Zero 3-Port USB Hub with Ethernet.
The Raspberry Pi Zero has been a wonder since it was first introduced. So much power (and so much fun!) in such a small package. Ah, but there was the problem, too - such a small package, that it didn't have room for very many connectors, and the ones that it had were smaller than the standard-sized connectors on the full-sized Pi models.

The biggest of these problems was with USB connections. The Pi Zero has only one USB port (yeah, I know it looks like there are two, but the other one is the power connection and you can't hijack it), and it is not even a standard Type-A port, it is a micro-USB (also known as OTG or "On The Go"). That means that Pi Zero owners who needed to connect USB devices and dongles (who doesn't?) had to buy some kind of micro-to-TypeA adapter cable.

The other connector that is missing from the Pi Zero is a wired network connection. This was a significant problem with the original Pi Zero, because it also didn't have a built-in wireless network adapter. That meant you had to add a USB WiFi adapter, but there was only one USB port, and it was microUSB... (see discussion above).

This is a bit less of a problem with the Pi Zero W, because it has a built-in WiFi adapter, but even with that a lot of users still want/need a wired network connection (including me).