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USB wasn’t a reinvention of an audio connector. It was a replacement for a dozen if not more D Sub and DIN connectors that other serial connections used. Thus t
by kube-system 3y ago
USB wasn’t a reinvention of an audio connector. It was a replacement for a dozen if not more D Sub and DIN connectors that other serial connections used. Thus the ‘U’.
- musicale 3y agoNonetheless as TFA indicates, the iPod Shuffle 2G+ magically crammed USB into the TRRS audio connector in a way that was reliable enough to work in a mass-market product. As others have noted the design is potentially risky since power and ground are right next to each other, etc.
- jacquesm 3y ago> As others have noted the design is potentially risky since power and ground are right next to each other, etc. That's $0.30 worth of hardware to deal with though. Of course in mass market products such amounts really matter but I feel that the convenience and reliability factor as well as consumer centric thinking should allow for that kind of expense.
- kube-system 3y agoThat doesn't mean the design was a good idea for a universal bus intended to replace all of the contemporary uses of serial busses in the 90s.