What should I do to make nRF52840 to be a USB host?

[damonlau]

I am doing a Nordic project, that need to be a USB host. May I know how to make nRF52840 to be a USB host ? 

[KevinL]

I have found that the nRF52840 is not capable of being a USB host, it's peripheral only. I've concluded that from this devzone post and this infocenter entry.

You can use a microcontroller with USB host functionality and another communication protocol compatible with the nRF52840 or a USB bridge IC. I'm doing the same thing at the moment using an SPI to USB bridge.

[marcusrm]

Has anyone found a newer chip that allows bluetooth and USB host functionality?

[sne_333]

If we configure the NRF52840 as a host by configuring MAX3421e. How will nrf52840 receive data from another USB peripheral?? will it receive via SPI?? or we have to add some USB drivers??