USB Hub Question
Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2017 5:43 pm
I have a USB Hub that has wires colored orange, green, blue, white, and black. From what I read online, orange is 5V, blue is D-, green is D+, and white is ground. The wires snapped off of the USB Hub's board while I was working on it and I decided to dissect that wire to see where the black wire went. It turned out to be a protective coating around the other wires.
I am replacing the wires with the standard red, white, green, black wires, but my question is what did the original black wire do? I assumed it was another ground wire for the board, but I'm not sure. The labels on the USB Hub's PCB board for the five pins don't tell me specifically what each pin does. There are three/four labels for five pins; VCC, DPDM, and GND. I looked around online and can't find anything for the label DPDM; I assumed it meant D+ and D- in one. Any help is appreciated!
I am replacing the wires with the standard red, white, green, black wires, but my question is what did the original black wire do? I assumed it was another ground wire for the board, but I'm not sure. The labels on the USB Hub's PCB board for the five pins don't tell me specifically what each pin does. There are three/four labels for five pins; VCC, DPDM, and GND. I looked around online and can't find anything for the label DPDM; I assumed it meant D+ and D- in one. Any help is appreciated!