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USB Type-C Connector Specifications Finalized

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Bad Example (Score: 3, Interesting)

by bryan@pipedot.org on 2014-08-13 20:06 (#3V2)

Example of previous generation USB connector brain-damage.
  • A single USB-A connector couldn't draw enough power, so they added a second USB-A on a Y cable to get extra power.
  • The Micro-B connector didn't have enough space for the extra pins for USB 3.0 speeds, so they added a kludge to the side of the Micro-B making this "micro" connector freaking huge.

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Time Reason Points Voter
2014-08-13 23:27 Interesting +1 praxis@pipedot.org
2014-08-15 02:05 Interesting +1 elias@pipedot.org

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