Making a DIY USB OTG Adapter

How to build an adapter cable to connect your USB devices to a smartphone or a tablet via USB OTG. You can connect storage devices as well as keyboards and mice among other things.
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[@NatureAndTech]

Anyone using pen and paper should have an award!

[@ericevers4094]

There is more to OTG than a simple 1 to 1 adapter cable! It is about the peripheral device being able to take control, not just being a slave.

[@schoolvangoch]

Shrink tubing with glue inside is a good way to make the OTG plug durable. Thanks for your video

[@JanBeta]

Yes, that's a good idea. :)

[@schoolvangoch]

Before using shrink tubing better first apply some 2 component epoxy glue between the solder points to assure proper isolation between the wires. To prevent short circuits after crimping, since shrink tubing applies mechanical force to the wiring.

[@moonmallory7982]

Could you make a video on how to do this with a iPhone cord

[@thomascrill2842]

You can use heat shrink in place of electrical tape to secure and isolate your mini USB connector plug.

[@williamkopanchuk]

Thanks Jan!

[@HomeDronen]

Hey Jan, I saw a video where the white is positive and the Green is negative, but yours was totally opposite. Wonder if that matters if they're switch like that. I see that yours worked great, but the other video I saw was just a drawing of the color codes and what not. Thanks for sharing my friend... All I do is build and fly drones...Subbed ya🖐️😎👍 Cheers!

[@TBL_stevennelson]

Thanks Bud

[@zayinflick6372]

Great idea man, u did a great job, is there anyway to make a iPhone into hdmi?

[@JanBeta]

Yes, there’s a variety of adapters available for that purpose. Difficult to make yourself though because of the lock-out mechanisms Apple put in place.

[@tenzinkalden1668]

Bro can you make iPhone otg with help of iPhones data cables

[@RetchEinhundert]

Habe mir ein Kabel mit ID Pin gekauft. Also Micro USB Stecker auf 5 offene Kabel. Ich habe Mal durchgemessen, wenn + und - verbunden ist, dann kommt (ohne dass ein Gerät am Micro USB hängt) über den ID Pin +. Der Widerstand von ID zu + ist fast null, leitet also. Muss das so sein? Meine Schaltung funktioniert deswegen nämlich nicht.

[@JanBeta]

ID und + sollten eigentlich keinen Durchgang haben. Vielleicht irgendwo eine ungewollte Drahtbrücke?

[@kayan_dev]

can you tell us wich color i have to solde it to micro usb first and secone it is not clear your video px

[@JanBeta]

Here's a good article with detailed pictures where you can see the colors: www.firstpost.com/tech/news-analysis/how-to-make-your-own-usb-otg-cable-for-an-android-smartphone-3602355.html

[@igorstankovic3275]

hi. i want to make standard usb female to female cable, but it is needed to be a data cable.Do i simply copy color to color?ty.

[@vke6077]

yes same w/ male to male

[@igorstankovic3275]

tnx man

[@schoolvangoch]

Still soldering with Leaded (Pb) Solder Wire?

[@JanBeta]

Yes, it's just so much easier to handle. (Especially if you're using an old soldering station like me...)

[@zeebraeend]

Could you make a powered OTG-USB-hub that not only would charge your tablet/cellphone but also power the OTG device? I have a RTL-SDR dongle witch uses quite some power from the battery.

[@JanBeta]

Yes, I think so. There are Y-cables for that purpose on the market. Don't know how you would have to do the wiring off the top of my head though.

[@tomf3150]

Jan Beta + to +, - to - But the real problem is, does your tablet/phone allow otg charge ? Samsung usually requires some precise resistor value rzther than a direct connction to the ground. On somme smartphones is simply impossible. On a Nvidia Shield k1 it works perfectly : otg adapter-y cable-hub and kbd, mice, usb memory stick and a 2.5 inch hdd.

[@m7hacke]

I don't understand something. You drawing shows 4 wires coming out of the UBS socket, but the real life socket shows 5 wires. Please explain.

[@JanBeta]

USB is four lines, ground, +5V, data+, data- as per the standard. Sometimes there’s an extra connection for shielding.

[@m7hacke]

@@JanBeta Oh, thank you for replying. Love your channel. I watch it all the way from Chicago.

[@crashk6]

"People of the Internet" sound a bit to much like "People of Walmart".

[@onedifferentvision8835]

Mich würde es interessieren, ob es auch mit einem Lightning Kabel geht...

[@JanBeta]

+angryshark23 Soweit ich weiß, lässt sich das nicht so einfach machen. U.a. wegen der Identifikationschips, die Apple in die Kabel verbaut. Mh. Vielleicht forsche ich da nochmal ein bisschen nach. Interessiert mich auch ein bisschen.

[@onedifferentvision8835]

Jan Beta Super, vielen Dank!

[@JanBeta]

Ich habe mal ein wenig das Netz durchforstet. Nach den Infos, die ich gefunden habe, könnte man so ein Kabel zwar bauen, allerdings macht das wenig Sinn, weil iOS als einzige Möglichkeit den Austausch von Fotos und Videos über die Datenleitung bietet. Und es gibt fertige Kabel so ab 5€ bei eBay. Günstiger, als ein gutes Lightning-Kabel zu zerschnipseln. Also insgesamt ein eher sinnloses Unterfangen. :/

[@MaybeFX]

Jan Beta Kann man auch ein USB Mikrofon verbinden beim Lightning?

[@JanBeta]

+M8 Tech Für den Lightning Anschluss brauchst du eine komplett andere Art Kabel. Wenn du die passende App und ein unterstütztes Mikrofon hast, geht das vermutlich. Habe aber absolut keine Erfahrungswerte in der Beziehung.

[@abdooabdo7383]

Hi how can I make one for iPhone 6 please help me

[@JanBeta]

That's basically impossible. You could build a similar cable (which isn't as easy because there's a little signed chip in every cable iOS accepts) but it wouldn't have near the same functionality. The only thing that can be transferred via OTG on iOS is pictures and video from camera roll afaik. Nothing else.

[@mrslimeguy5564]

Is there a tutorial

[@Luthiart]

@@JanBeta Now iOS devices won't even accept LICENSED third party cables and adapters anymore. They want you to pay them THIRTY DOLLARS for a 3" piece of cable with a couple of connectors, that has a bad reputation for quickly falling apart.

[@furik261]

Всем очень видно и понятно 😂😂😂😂😂!!!!!

[@emmaowens1243]

All I see is black

[@DwarfBuster8]

HOW CAN A MOBILE PHONE BE CONNECTED TO A WIRED HOME NETWORK (WITH POWERLIGHTS) WITHOUT USING THE DANGEROUS WIFI ?! It is possible to realize a simple 2 or 3 meter adapter cable with a micro USB socket to be inserted in the cell phone and an RJ45 socket to be connected to the Powerline.

[@scaryci]

Deutsch?

[@samwirth9303]

100% ig 👣

[@jackmoirangcha1769]

Fucking camera

[@budgetmeta8824]

original xbox controller diagram (edit) was trying to search fkr wire diagram . trying to make my xbox controller work for android

[@cyberedwing]

I prefer to pay a few bucks on Ebay , Amazon or Walmart and avoid this hassle

[@cyberedwing]

@ProngProng TV 3 dollars vs my precious time. Not a brainer

[@tuanbui3966]

@@cyberedwing I agree! You're definitely not a brainer, whatever that means.. I suspect you're trying to say, you have no brains, which is quite obvious from your statement that you'd rather buy the cable. Which is what most girls, girlie men, senior citizens and lil kids would do, cuz either this intimidates them or its way over their head. Either way, it's hardly rocket science, you're cutting some wires and then reattaching them, ensuring the connection is solid/strong by soldering it. Not much different then cutting up paper and gluing them together. But the thing with DYI projects like this, the end result, seeing it works and that feeling of accomplishment is something money can't buy. If it stops working or breaks later on, it's easily fixed, since we know exactly how it's put together. If something goes wrong with yours, you'll have to buy another or wait for it to ship, ours would up and running again in 7 mins or heck, could just make another in 10 mins. I meant to ask, why are you watching/commenting on DYI vids, for things you intend to buy anyway? Hardly makes sense, most who watch this, would see how easy its done and proceed to make one. Unless you watch DYI vids on everything you plan on buying, which is some weirdo shyt, maybe get a life instead.. The likelier scenario was that after watching it, you found the process to be beyond your means/skill set or perhaps worried you might chip one of your pwetty lil nails and that'd piss off your boyfriend as he just paid for them after all those weeks of you whining about how your sisters dude spoils her rotten, getting her hair did, nails did, waxed smoother than baby's ass. No comment on that. Enjoy ur store bought cable

[@cyberedwing]

@@tuanbui3966 whatever crybaby

[@pestlund]

Ed Rodriguez no offense... but you sound sort of like a bitch. True brooooo