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Since the ArcherC50V3 has a MT7628AN Chipset it should be possible to add a single USB port/ or a HUB chip to it.
I analysed the mainboard, was quite easy with the MT7628AN Datasheet we can find in the internet. In good practice the engineers terminated the unused ports with 15k resistors to ground.
So there is no need to pin/pad solder a 0,2mm wire directly. We simply can desolder the resistors, solder a usbport, with a 0,5mm wire, XD , and start compiling our own openwrt image with the ports enabled. Some of you might know that this router is powered by +9 volts, mine is +8.96Volts and that this MT7628 uses 3.3volt only setup. After i calculated the needed power for a 4 Port USB hub and attached 500mA devices i decides to add a 7805 regulator + capacitor from my component wastebin to the mod.
I've done so and it works like a charm.
Because there is no good support for the rtl8188ety 3.3v wifi module in openwrt (rtl8188eu). I was unable to use it directly without the 7805 as third wifi device.
I have an Archer C50 V4, I researched the website of the processor manufacturer and saw that the MediaTek MT7628A supports USB and studying the router board I saw that it is practically the same as V3. I want to make the USB Mod for V4, Any tips? and how to change the firmware to support USB?
I did what you said and I installed
block-mount e2fsprogs kmod-fs-ext4 kmod-usb-storage kmod-usb2 kmod-usb3
but the mount point can't see my usb flash driver .. what I have to do pls ?
Hi,
I realize how old this topic is, but I figured maybe someone else might stumble here just like I did. So here it is:
Hardware:
I used a little DC-DC switching module instead of the 7805 as pictured higher up in the thread, as that would dissipate a non-negligible amount of heat. I grabbed power underneat the capacitor closest to the switch as I wanted the power to be turned on/off as the same time as the router., but keep in mind the consequences of doing so.
