Pi 3B+: powering USBs for external devices: how?

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hello, I have an old Pi 3B+, which was working fine until I have swapped OS from SD card to USB2SATA SSD... Before the swap I only had a USB device attached to the Pi: ZigBee antenna (I am running Home Assistant) after the swap I have two devices: ZigBee antenna SSD (running OS and application) Since I have moved the OS on the external USB drive, it seems that the UBSs do not have enough "power" to run both SSD and ZigBee Antenna, hence , to make the Pi startup I need to unplug the ZigBee antenna and boot the pi... I was aware of the fact that the Pi does not have much "power" on the USB, but I hoped it was ok... I was wrong :( now, I am faced with the dilemma: do I get a powered USB hub? (if yes which one do you recommend? do I purchase a "cleaner looking" SATA pi Adapter (geekworm.com/products/x820-v3-0-usb-3-0-2-5-inch-sata-hdd-ssd-storage-expansion-board?_pos=7&_sid=d54d1243c&_ss=r) which can come with an additional 5V power source in reality I would need to plug another USB device (Coral.AI) which I already know it is power angry.... how do you "bump up" the USB power in a "clean way" (not just a USB powered hub)? thank you all ​ https://preview.redd.it/x62gipwbjhg91.p ... p&96a2fb85 submitted by /u/IP_FiNaR [link] [comments]

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