Are there any fields, where USB A surpasses USB C, or is C an absolute upgrade?

  • Tolookah
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    2 months ago

    Soldering. A USB-a connector has 4 pins and a few holes for chassis.

    A USB-c connector has 24 pins in a smaller space, plus a few for chassis. Having hand soldered each, A is better.

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      2 months ago

      I had a project that used usb-c along with the appropriate resistors for usb-PD and while soldering the resistors would have been doable, for the port I caved in and got it assembled for me.

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        2 months ago

        Amphenol has a through-hole, MUSBRM5C130, that isn’t bad at all to solder, but it’s not cheap at all. Assembly might be cheaper. (Panel mount)

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          2 months ago

          My entire project was smaller than that panel mount connector since my project was adding usb-c to my 3DS. Every millimeter counted.