Embedded systems question. I have an nVidia Jetson, and I want to expose one of the USB3 ports to the user of the system (e.g. so they can attach a USB drive). However ... the USB3 port of the Jetson is not near the enclosure of the box. Now I'm thinking of using a USB3 cable, but I know from experience that this is not going to give a reliable connection. Any suggestions on how to properly do this? I don't want to move the Jetson, in part because I am planning to use the other exposed ports internally.
Can you check if there is another USB port exposed via a pin header? That is probably the easiest way if it is available. Otherwise, I think your best best is to solder wires onto the same pads used by the existing USB port. I wouldn’t try to desolder the port that is there, that could cause more problems. But if you can find a location on the board to tap into that USB port’s signals, you could solder wires to run another usb port using the same connections.
I don't think any USB3 ports are exposed on the headers.
But I also have to wonder how that would improve the situation over running a cable between the actual USB3 port and a socket mounted in the enclosure.
