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    • KN4THXK
      KN4THX
      last edited by

      So in making an on-the-road build (One that won't be tinkered with like my home pi) that will stay in my bag, I am now left with a controller decision which will probably be ibuffalos or innext snes although I want wireless ( reviews on 8bitdo are so divided I dont know if I want the risk, and I don't want to carry PS3/Xbox sized controllers for this one. I figure I will need some extension cables and was curious if 3.0 USB cables had any issues with the Pis. I swear I read something about this before and couldn't find it, and can not find my old 3.0 extension cable to test it as I buy multi-packs of the cable types I need that come with a variety of sizes, so don't need extensions anymore. Has anyone noticed an issue with 3.0 vs 2.0 on the Pi with devices?

      Thank you

      "If you're gonna play the Game Boy, You gotta learn to play it right" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYLGl92ETNQ

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      • mediamogulM
        mediamogul Global Moderator @KN4THX
        last edited by mediamogul

        @thedatacereal said in USB Extension Cables:

        Has anyone noticed an issue with 3.0 vs 2.0 on the Pi with devices?

        I use USB 3.0 extension cables and haven't had a problem. I've never compared them to 2.0, but I can say anecdotally that there's no noticeable latency from just the controller cable by itself.

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        • KN4THXK
          KN4THX @mediamogul
          last edited by

          @mediamogul Ok sounds good to me. I swear I had or saw an issue before but maybe it was a bad cable. Thanks to you as always.

          "If you're gonna play the Game Boy, You gotta learn to play it right" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYLGl92ETNQ

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          • mediamogulM
            mediamogul Global Moderator @KN4THX
            last edited by

            @thedatacereal

            Not a problem. I hope it works out well.

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            • DougAD
              DougA @KN4THX
              last edited by

              @thedatacereal the issue you are probably thinking of is with USB 3 hubs. They just don’t seem to work, though I don’t know why. I wasted quite a while trying to get one to work until I asked if it was a known issue here. One of the moderators told me they don’t work. I exchanged for a USB 2 hub and it worked like a charm.

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              • KN4THXK
                KN4THX @DougA
                last edited by

                @douga Yes, that's what it was, thank you! That was strange now that I have my memory refreshed, it was bugging me not remembering where I saw that before.

                "If you're gonna play the Game Boy, You gotta learn to play it right" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYLGl92ETNQ

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                • simpleethatS
                  simpleethat
                  last edited by

                  I use 10 foot USB 3.0 extensions and haven't noticed any latency at all. I have read that USB 3.0 hubs can get all wonky with the Pi but just the cables themselves don't seem to have the same issue.

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                  • M
                    mwshook
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                    This is just my two cents, but I've not had good luck with 3.0 cables. Sometimes the controller wouldn't be recognized. I ended up stuffing them in a drawer and getting some 2.0 cables. They were the cheapest 3.0 cables on Amazon, so higher quality cables might work fine.

                    I eventually got some 8bitdo wireless controllers. They can sometimes be a headache, dealing with bluetooth issues. But the tangled up extension cables were a bigger constant headache.

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