A USB connector manufacturer is making a really #righttorepair friendly USB-C connector that can be replaced without soldering.
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A USB connector manufacturer is making a really #righttorepair friendly USB-C connector that can be replaced without soldering. It's unusual for a component manufacturer to care about something like this. If I were them I would be too concerned that no OEM would buy such a large connector just because it might need to be replaced. #electronics https://www.digikey.com/en/product-highlight/j/jae/repairable-dx07-series-usb-c-receptacles
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A USB connector manufacturer is making a really #righttorepair friendly USB-C connector that can be replaced without soldering. It's unusual for a component manufacturer to care about something like this. If I were them I would be too concerned that no OEM would buy such a large connector just because it might need to be replaced. #electronics https://www.digikey.com/en/product-highlight/j/jae/repairable-dx07-series-usb-c-receptacles
I would have to assume that *some* large OEM has asked for this because they process too many USB-C connector replacements. I think it was Lenovo who are able to detect damaged USB-C connectors electronically (I only know because support for it was added to Linux)? Maybe it was them? That would explain why there's a dual-port version since that mostly only makes sense for laptops.
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I would have to assume that *some* large OEM has asked for this because they process too many USB-C connector replacements. I think it was Lenovo who are able to detect damaged USB-C connectors electronically (I only know because support for it was added to Linux)? Maybe it was them? That would explain why there's a dual-port version since that mostly only makes sense for laptops.
@cd0 yeah, 240W and 80Gbps ratings make the laptop OEM hypothesis very plausible.
I've seen some USB-C receptacles mounted on tiny daughterboards with a flat board-to-board interconnect to the mainboard, which makes them user-serviceable, this seems like a logical next step.
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A USB connector manufacturer is making a really #righttorepair friendly USB-C connector that can be replaced without soldering. It's unusual for a component manufacturer to care about something like this. If I were them I would be too concerned that no OEM would buy such a large connector just because it might need to be replaced. #electronics https://www.digikey.com/en/product-highlight/j/jae/repairable-dx07-series-usb-c-receptacles
@cd0 oh wow, the price isn't even that bad. Very neat find!
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