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		Ask HN: Creating my own USB-C hub?
		3 points by zackify on Sept 10, 2018 \| hide \| past \| favorite \| 1 comment
		I've never done any hardware stuff before. Been a software developer for years now. I see all of these neat thunderbolt / usb-c devices that will have many ports all through the one cable. I can't find anything online about this. How would I go about creating my own thunderbolt / usb c hub?

davismwfl on Sept 11, 2018 [–]

Creating a safe & reliable USB hub actually is quite a bit of engineering if you have never done it before. It isn't as simple as just splitting the wires into multiple outlets.

If you are wanting to learn I could see it as a fun project but it will cost you many times what it would just to buy one from Amazon.

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