4-Port Stackable USB Hub HAT for Raspberry Pi Zero V1.3 (with Camera Connector) and Pi Zero W /2W (with Bluetooth & WiFi)

Easy to attach. Works great.

great design, great product, great quality. Uses zero of the GPIO pins, leaving the bus free for an a/d converter or anything your heart desirese. Assembles in less than 5 minutes.The only way this thing could be better is if it had an audio interface on it, then it would be instant streaming radio for the masses. Its so much easier to work with than an external usb hub, and so compact. I've bought two so far and they are both great.

Simple to install on the Pi Zero, if you have a teeny-tiny Philips screwdriver. I had to use an X-Acto blade to tighten the screws (no biggie). When installing be careful of the spring-loaded pins; it's easy to bend one out of alignment so it doesn't touch the connection on the Pi. Well, it was easy for *me* to bend one out of alignment, but also very easy to carefully nudge it back into alignment. Once my klutzy error was fixed it fired up and just plain worked. Excellent engineering and function, very highly recommended. Well worth a 5 star rating.

Works great. I have a the Raspberry Pi Zero battery from Pisugar, which also uses pogo pins, and I was trying to figure out how to use both that and this hub. Turns out, you can stack the battery right underneath the hub! The solder joints underneath the pogo pins on this hub work just like the little receptor circles underneath the pi (and are in the same place). Only thing I dislike is that you can't use any of the usb ports on the pi, or else the usb ports on this hub won't work.

I'm using this on my Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W so I can get some USB support to my in-dash car audio unit. I'm testing out two of them and so far they're great. We'll see how they all do once summer hits and under dash temperatures reach "don't touch that" levels. These come with plastic stand-off pieces so I swapped them out for brass/copper/metal just in case the heat makes them weeble wobble. (Edit) I've noticed that if you choose to try to also use the Micro USB port on the Zero 2 W it 100% disables the USB hat (bottom?). I've been trying to get my RPi Zero 2 W to boot from USB and after a few hours, I've learned that for some reason, when plugging anything into the micro USB port, it zeros out all the useful full sized USB ports on this board. "Back to the drawing board for me". Would recommend.

Worked straight away, no config or anything needed. Super elegant and simple design!

I am editing my old review because I was wrong. You have to make sure the Pi Zero is NOT in OTG mode for this hat to work. If you have it set to OTG the Pi Zero acts like a slave USB hub and the hat does not work. The Pi Zero must be in the master USB hub mode for the hat to work correctly. I discovered this the hard way. === Old Review == I recently received this hat and installed it on a Pi Zero W. Long story short, the USB ports on the hat didn’t work. Perplexed, I tried two other Pi Zero 1.3 but the USB ports still didn’t work. It’s installed correctly so that’s not the problem; power applied through the hat’s micro-USB port. Randomly I discovered the ports work if I plug anything into the USB OTG port; they don’t work if I plug them into the power OTG port. When I mean anything works I really mean anything: even plugging in a simple OTG to USB-A adapter (with no device) makes the USB ports on the hat work. I’m really confused.... so far the product sucks.

I couldn't get this to work and though it was DOA, I now believe it was fine but the RPi Zero has USB OTG and to get the port to work as a standard USB port you have to (if i remember correctly) short pin 4 to pin 5 on the USB OTG port. I ended up with a far more complicated solution than this would have been to the same result. If I knew then what I know now this would have been perfect.

No soldering needed (this is a major plus). This has to be the best deal for the Pi Zero. Everything is of great quality. I just got this today and tested it and WOW. Everything in this package is of really great quality and what an amazing bang for the buck

Did not work

never thought my pi zero could be so expandable, finally full size usb ports, definitely recommend to anyone who wants full sized usb ports on their zero or zero W/WH

This is the gizmo to add full sized USB ports to your Pi Zero. No problems at all. Very nice.

This device is easy plug and play setup. It truly adds more USB ports to a RPi02w as advertised. This would be a WAY better product if it came with a case that supported it and the Pi. As it is, I had to return it because I couldn't find a case that worked with it. Will purchase again if a case becomes available.