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If you're willing to sacrifice half of the conductors, you can make it such that, for example, conductor 1 is always on the left. You could make USB this way e
by btgeekboy 13y ago
If you're willing to sacrifice half of the conductors, you can make it such that, for example, conductor 1 is always on the left.
You could make USB this way easily with 4 conductors on each side whose order is correct regardless of which side of the cable is up. There'd be 8 total conductors on the connector.
- oakwhiz 13y agoI'm actually surprised this isn't the method that Apple decided to go with considering that it is simpler and presumably requires fewer additional parts.
- oftenwrong 13y agoApple focuses on superficial simplicity. The complexity of the implementation, if hidden, is irrelevant. For example, the Mighty Mouse[1] using capacitive sensors instead of just having two buttons. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Mighty_Mouse https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Mighty_Mouse