00:00Best USB Expansion Module Under $1.86 Script, VO
00:05Ok, I went digging through cheap USB and dev board listings, and I found the actual best
00:10deals for a USB expansion module under $1.86, plus a few boards that punch way above their price.
00:16Some of these have thousands of sales and perfect ratings,
00:19so let me save you the scrolling and just show you what's worth your money.
00:23First one is this ESP32 DevKit C kit with the GPIO Expansion Board, 38 pins,
00:28USB Type-C, and a CP2102 chip. That chip is the reason I like it, it just works,
00:35no weird driver hunting on Windows or Mac, and the expansion board breaks every pin out
00:39to screw terminals so you can wire sensors without a breadboard.
00:43364, almost 4700 sold, 5 stars. Solid buy if you want the reliable version.
00:51Then there's basically the same kit for 283.
00:55Same ESP32-32D, same 38 pins, same CP2102, same Type-C port, just a slightly cheaper listing.
01:03If you're buying 2 or 3 boards, that's real money saved, and honestly I can't find a downside.
01:094,500 people already grabbed it.
01:12This is the one I'd click first.
01:15Third is the classic ESP32-S DevKit V1 with the ESPWR-132 module, dual-core, and it takes both
01:22micro-USB and Type-C. It's $6.54, so it's the expensive one here, but it's the board every
01:28tutorial on the internet was written for, so if you're following a guide, this removes all the
01:32guesswork. Dual-core, plenty of GPIO, and it's been sold over 4,500 times with a 5-star rating.
01:40Now, if you actually need more USB ports instead of more pins, this USB 2.0 4-port hub controller
01:46module is tiny. One Type-C in, 4 ports out, around 40MB a second, fine for keyboards, mice,
01:54drives, serial adapters, all of it. It's 381, and at that size you can drop it inside a project
02:00enclosure. Great little board when you're building something and you run out of ports.
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