Open Lumi571 opened 1 year ago
It was explained to me that the USB-C port obviously has several advantages over the TRRS port, including its solidity, but that it has the disadvantage of being more difficult to solder by hand. However, it seems to me that if you provide the right documents to the PCB manufacturers, the complicated soldering can be done by machines. The PCBs would therefore be delivered with the USB-C ports installed, and the Hillsides would then benefit from all its qualities without any inconvenience.
I continue to think about USB, but I'm not there yet. There are a few factors:
I may make the switch, as bare boards are not that much cheeper than PCBA, but some other improvements are higher on the list. But thanks.
From my point of view, the USB-C version should just replace the TRRS version rather than maintaining two versions. I think people who are into soldering by hand wouldn't mind giving up manually soldering a TRRS port if it brings the qualities of USB-C to their hardware. Here is a discussion about it on Reddit that might interest you: https://www.reddit.com/r/ErgoMechKeyboards/comments/rt083u/as_a_reminder_while_the_usb_is_plugged_do_not/
A good discussion, though not anything new. As Thomas says, debate for relacing it has been ongoing.
A new addition to the factors list:
Would it be possible to create variations of the Hillsides whose TRRS ports are replaced by USB-C ports?