Curse you, micro-USB connectors!
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- vputz
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Curse you, micro-USB connectors!
I just got done with another testing rampage of micro-USB connectors and have to again wonder--is there a better way? I'm using stencils/paste, but I find the micro-USB connectors hard to line up manually, and awfully difficult to rework if something goes wrong. Is there a particular footprint people like better than others, maybe with holes for alignment/strain relief? This is working, but it's far from pretty...
- westfw
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Re: Curse you, micro-USB connectors!
I have some digikey WM17143CT-ND microusb connectors that have enough "pin" on them to self-align pretty nicely. Though I haven't actually tried to solder them yet, they fit pretty well on the PCB. I did have to fudge a bit to get an EAGLE footprint with round holes...
- vputz
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Re: Curse you, micro-USB connectors!
Good suggestion; thanks. I can get them through a couple of vendors as well, so I may do a KiCad footprint and use them on the next revision of the boards. Hopefully that'll reduce the failure rate; I can't afford to rework too many of these by hand!
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