I have multiple WD external USB drives ("Passport", "Elements" etc) which have a USB port soldered onto the board. I have spare bays in my Synology NAS, and I would just like to mount these "external" disks into those bays. This means we need a scaffolding that has the form factor of an internal 3.5" HDD including a SATA-out in the right place, and connect to the USB-3 port on the inside.
What do folks think of this idea? Is there anything close? And if I wanted to do some h/w hacking myself any pointers on getting the underlying parts?
Edit: Something like this: https://www.dell.com/en-us/work/sho...dia?ref=p13n_ena_pdp_vv&c=us&cs=04&l=en&s=bsd but assume the 2.5" disk only has USB port
What do folks think of this idea? Is there anything close? And if I wanted to do some h/w hacking myself any pointers on getting the underlying parts?
Edit: Something like this: https://www.dell.com/en-us/work/sho...dia?ref=p13n_ena_pdp_vv&c=us&cs=04&l=en&s=bsd but assume the 2.5" disk only has USB port
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