# USB master on Photon

**URL:** <https://community.particle.io/t/usb-master-on-photon/12246>\
**Category:** Hardware\
**Created:** [June 1, 2015, 6:22pm UTC](https://community.particle.io/t/usb-master-on-photon/12246 "2015-06-01T18:22:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![mdma](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/community.particle.io/mdma/32/1924_2.png) [@mdma](https://community.particle.io/u/mdma)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2015, 11:33pm UTC](https://community.particle.io/t/usb-master-on-photon/12246/12 "2015-06-02T23:33:27Z")

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Just a note to say I was wrong about OTG on the photon. I didn’t realize there was some missing hardware, such as a 5v source, that would be needed to support OTG.

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