Connecting USB device into GPIO ?

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As topic leads, can a USB device be hooked into GPIO’s?
I need Wifi and BLE devices in BBG but dues one USB its one or other. So since BLE uses less power i wonder if im able to connect BLE dongle into GPIO’s instead ?
I would guess this is question for both hardware and software topics.

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No...

Regards,

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There are some BLE SPI modules out there, and maybe some I2C BLE modules. The BBB does have both SPI and I2C.

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Any reason not to use a powered USB hub? It could probably power the BBG as well.