search

coseyfannitutti / discipline

65% keyboard assembled with only through hole components, including usb type-c
Other
943 stars 157 forks source link

Micro USB-C alternatives USB4085-GF-A #36

Closed jesusignazio closed 4 years ago

jesusignazio commented 4 years ago

The micro USB from the BOM is very hard to find. There is only stock on digikey and the shipping costs are very expensive.

I ordered a very similar one from Aliexpress (https://es.aliexpress.com/item/4000966998955.html) but it doesn't fit well.

coseyfannitutti commented 4 years ago

There are suppliers in Europe and Asia as well.

If you're in Europe, you can try https://export.farnell.com/

They are backordered at the moment but will be back in stock if you want to save money on shipping. Unfortunately if you want it fast, it seems the only place to order them right now is Digikey.

jesusignazio commented 4 years ago

The point is if can the pcb be adapted to another cheaper and more accessible micro USB alternative.

jesusignazio commented 4 years ago

There are suppliers in Europe and Asia as well.

If you're in Europe, you can try https://export.farnell.com/

They are backordered at the moment but will be back in stock if you want to save money on shipping. Unfortunately if you want it fast, it seems the only place to order them right now is Digikey.

Any supplier from China??

Thanks

coseyfannitutti commented 4 years ago

You can find a list of distributors at https://gct.co/instock/usb4085

You may adapt the design to use a different USB port for yourself if you find that the port is too expensive to ship to your country or if you do not want to wait for a closer distributor to restock, but I do not plan to change the design here because the port is available for shipping worldwide.

ClumsyPenguin commented 3 years ago

@jesusignazio i ordered the ones you linked from aliexpress and those fit pretty well actually. The usb pins do not go deep enough, but i easily fixed by just soldering them do not worry about shorts yet just add loads of solder and then fix the shorts with solder whick. It works pretty good that way.