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I hope to see such devices available for USB-C one day. It doesn't need to sit flush with the outside casing, a PCB with a vertically mounted USB-C connector wo
by bartvk 4y ago
I hope to see such devices available for USB-C one day. It doesn't need to sit flush with the outside casing, a PCB with a vertically mounted USB-C connector would already be awesome.
- smoldesu 4y agoI mean, theoretically you could nest one of these in a USB-C adapter and have it that way. But yeah, this project mostly seems to leverage the novelty of USB-B's size.
- crote 4y agoBe the change you want to see in the world! You're looking for a "brick nogging" connector like [0]. It's not a trivial project, but it should be doable by a hobbyist. [0]: https://www.lcsc.com/product-detail/USB-Connectors_Jing-Extension-of-the-Electronic-Co-918-118A2021Y40006_C399938.html https://www.lcsc.com/product-detail/USB-Connectors_Jing-Exte...
- myself248 4y agoOut of curiosity, do you have any idea how the term "brick nogging" came about? To me that's a vertical PCB mount connector, and I cannot fathom the tortured translation path...
- Terr_ 4y agoI don't know enough to confirm it, but one potential explanation from a forum thread [0]: > As a native Chinese speaker, "brick nogging" is gibberish and completely incomprehensible to me. :-DD I was curious and just looked it up, apparently it was a mistranslation of "立贴". > "立" means "standing" or "vertical", and "贴" is the short-hand for "贴片", which means "pick-and-place" or "SMD", so it just means "vertical SMD". > One thing to know about Chinese is that one can create almost entirely arbitrary abbreviations and short-hands by combining characters from different words, a bit similar to Soviet and Russian government agency names like GosPlan, RosCosmos, or RosKomNadzor. > The result is often not found in the dictionary, or by coincidence, they may clash with another existing but obscure word in the dictionary. In both cases, machine translation would produce incomprehensible results. For example, in this case it happens to form a word from architectural history. [0] https://www.eevblog.com/forum/chat/where-does-all-the-weird-chinese-component-terminology-come-from/ https://www.eevblog.com/forum/chat/where-does-all-the-weird-...
- crote 4y agoHonestly, at this point I am just happy there is a well-defined name for it. Something like "vertical" could also be used to refer to a connector which is still aligned parallel to the board, but rotated 90 degrees so the insertion slot is oriented perpendicular to the board. This is usually called "side insertion", like [0]. Figuring out what stuff is called in the world of electronics is a surprisingly large part of the job. Part selection gets really difficult if you do not have a specific part number yet, but only have a generic concept you are looking for. [0]: https://www.lcsc.com/product-detail/USB-Connectors_Jing-Extension-of-the-Electronic-Co-918-518K2023D50001_C399934.html https://www.lcsc.com/product-detail/USB-Connectors_Jing-Exte...
- marcosscriven 4y agoThe YubiKey 5C Nano is a good example of this.
- bartvk 4y agoYeah I love that one.
- zitterbewegung 4y agoYou could buy an adaptor from A to C and it wouldn’t be flush . Honestly I have one of these and bought a small adaptor for that purpose . I really don’t want to mess up a USB port and easy removability is a win for me. Also I don’t think these will get fast speeds anytime soon so an adaptor is probably the best solution by far.