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Does the architecture of the Compute Module (when mounted in a Compute Module IO Board) support simultaneous USB host and device/client port operation? This post suggests that a BeagleBlack Bone board is more suitable (because previous RPi only allowed host or device, but not both at the same time).

As a simple experiment, I tried connecting the USB host port to the slave port on the CMIO board (via a hub that also had a wi-fi adapter)-- this seemed to disrupt the entire USB (disconnecting all devices) until the slave port was disconnected.

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No it does not unfortunately. The client mode is only used when flashing the eMMC with a new image. When Linux has booted normally there is USB hos only.

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  • Right, but is that because of an architectural limitation or because an appropriate driver/configuration isn't in place?
    – jhfrontz
    Commented May 7, 2015 at 12:43
  • To my knowledge it's architectural. OTG controllers act either as host OR device. You haven't said what you wan't to achieve, but if it's to connect RPi to a PC I can recommend a USB Null modem cable: ftdichip.com/Products/Cables/USBtoUSB.htm Works for host-to-host connections.
    – Ronny Nilsson
    Commented May 7, 2015 at 16:18
  • Something I read made me think that only one of the ports was OTG and that the other was a pure device port-- I guess maybe that's the question: does the Broadcom SoC on the RPi CM have a single USB bus or are there two?
    – jhfrontz
    Commented May 7, 2015 at 20:28
  • There is a single USB port only.
    – Ronny Nilsson
    Commented May 7, 2015 at 21:07
  • On the compute module IO board there are two physical USB connectors (in the pic at raspberrypi.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/…, one a host at center bottom and one a device "slave" at bottom left). Are you saying that they are the same USB port?
    – jhfrontz
    Commented May 8, 2015 at 20:10

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