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With lightning to USB-c cable can you connect USB memory stick to iPad 8th Generation
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If your iPad has a Lightning port - and you seek to connect a USB device to the iPad - you will require a Lightning to USB3 Camera Adapter.
- Lightning to USB 3 Camera Adapter
https://store.apple.com/uk/xc/product/MK0W2ZM/A
You cannot simply use a USB-C to Lightning cable to directly connect USB accessories to a Lightning equipped iPad. USB accessories with USB Type-B connections (or a cable with a USB Type-A connector) require connection to a host device with a USB Controller / USB Root Hub.
The required USB hardware components can be added through connection of the Apple Lightning to USB3 Camera Adapter. This adapter contains an Interface converter, USB 3.0 Controller and USB Root Hub - presenting a USB 3.0 Type-A connection to which you may connect many (but not all) categories of USB devices. USB Device support by iPad is generally limited to Mass Storage devices, basic HID devices (such as wired Keyboard and basic Mouse) and some audio.
For iPad models that incorporate a USB-C port, you have greater flexibility in the devices that can be directly connect to the iPad - as the necessary USB Controller is already incorporated in the iPad hardware; no interface conversion is required.