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Personally I would prefer USB-C for everything. I have plugged in the wrong DC adapter (wrong polarity or voltage but the same physical form factor) far too man
by kalleboo 3y ago
Personally I would prefer USB-C for everything. I have plugged in the wrong DC adapter (wrong polarity or voltage but the same physical form factor) far too many times and killed too many things. Not to mention all the device-specific DC adapters that have been lost through the ages.
But for a hobbyist device, the currently available USB-C jacks have pins that are too small to solder by hand so I'll settle there. It would be nice if hand-solderable breakout boards were cheaper and more commonly available (the DC trigger boards out there are a great start but typically have to be ordered direct from China)
But for factory-manufactured goods, DC jacks need to die and be replaced with USB-C.
Meanwhile there is no room anywhere for mini-B, micro-B, etc anymore, even on hobbyist devices. I'm not even sure I could even find a mini-B cable in a physical store nearby anymore.
- JKCalhoun 3y agoYeah, that's basically it. I have a drawer of barrel-jack wall warts but they all vary in diameter, polarity, voltage, current... USB is a nice standard 5V source.
- kalleboo 3y agoEven the confusion about USB-C devices and adapters is nothing compared to the insanity that is DC jacks. At least USB-C will just not work instead of destroy things. My parents had a D-link DSL modem and Router where both the devices looked pretty much the same (they were stackable), had the same DC jacks, the power adapters looked the same, but were different voltages, which you could tell in white-on-gray 12pt text.