Product
Powered USB Hub
A beautiful object in a category of plain black boxes.
Modern Internal Expansion · CES 2025 · $29.99 · Shipped
Title
Product Director
Responsibilities
- Design
- Product
- Copy
- Go-to-market
Achievements
- 9/10
- ThinkComputers
“this is about as straightforward as a product gets, and it just works” ThinkComputers
01The brief
The insight
Y-series builders ran more devices than their motherboards had headers for.
02What I did
What I made
- An ID that follows the Keeb’s design breakthrough
- A power switch for one-touch troubleshooting
03In my words
Y-series owners were adding a lot of extra lighting, fan control, screens and cooling, more devices than their motherboards had internal headers for, so we made the hub. We'd had a breakthrough on the Keeb's ID around the time we were working on the hub, so we took the hub in that direction. Using competitors' hubs, I found myself debugging by unplugging and replugging devices, so I put a switch on ours. I really wanted to lift this category beyond plain black boxes. If it was beautiful, it would lift how customers felt about the whole system, even where they couldn't see it. They'd know there was beauty throughout.
Modern Internal Expansion.
CES 2025
04Achievements
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ThinkComputers
“this is about as straightforward as a product gets, and it just works”
05Reference
Product pageThe copy I wrote for hyte.com
Why We Made This
- Power expands connection
- For internal use only
- It’s nice when all the holes are on the same side
Product Features
- Expanded USB Connectivity
- Additional USB 2.0 headers for modern PC DIY components
- 4x Powered Outputs
- Transforms 1x USB 2.0 header into 4x reliably powered USB 2.0 outputs
- Recessed Unidirectional Ports
- Securely connect to your USB 2.0 devices with ease and make clean cable management a breeze
- Extra-Strength Magnets
- Easily attach the hub anywhere inside your case - adhesive strip also included
- Low-Profile Aesthetic
- Illuminates when powered on with a rotary switch for painless troubleshooting
Tech specs15 specs
Specs Summary
- Dimensions
- 132 x 40 x 19 mm
- Profile
- Slim
- Input Connections
- 1x USB 2.0, 1x SATA Power
- Detachable Cable
- Yes, USB-C
- Outputs
- 4x USB 2.0
- Port Type
- Recessed
- Port Direction
- Unidirectional
- Voltage
- 5V
- Max Current
- 4A
- Dimensions
- 132 x 40 x 19 mm
- Profile
- Slim
- Input Connections
- 1x USB 2.0, 1x SATA Power
- Detachable Cable
- Yes, USB-C
- Outputs
- 4x USB 2.0
- Port Type
- Recessed
- Port Direction
- Unidirectional
- Voltage
- 5V
- Max Current
- 4A
- Max Power Draw
- 20W
- Power Switch
- 1x Rotary Switch
- Illuminated
- Yes, Diffused White Lighting
- Magnetic
- Embedded, Extra Strength
- Included Accessories
- Adhesive Strips
- Warranty
- 3 Years