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Home Product Categories Breakout Boards BOB-10031
USB MicroB Plug Breakout Board
sku: BOB-10031
Description: We have no idea what USB device you are hooking up to, but if you want to access the microUSB port on something, you might want this. We broke out all 5 pins with a vertical microUSB connector for your prototyping needs.
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Comments 24 comments
How about selling just the plug?
We can consider it, but it’s difficult to use, as it’s a relatively tight-pitch SMD part.
Hey, you guys are the ones that taught me EagleCAD and tight pitch soldering! I’m sure there are people here who could get some use out of it. I actually jumpered to an unused pin on an LGA package last week with the soldering skills I learned here!
So don’t think your customers couldn’t use an eagle footprint and the raw part. ;)
-Taylor
You make a great point. I’ll see what I can do, we have limited shelf space and can’t have a spot for everything.
We probably taught you have to desolder too ;–) You can always remove it. Now THAT’S skill.
I personally would desolder it, except that I’m then not just paying for a connector, but also a coffee coaster. Another one. But hey! It’s on the wish list. :)
Hi,
Do you have the eagle footprint of this connector??? I’m going to desolder a pair of this and solder it on a flexible pcb : D
Yep, any breakout board that we make will have the footprint in the SparkFun Eagle Library that we keep on github.
Great, all of you are awesome!!!
Perfect for Nexus One mobile. Now i can make a cheap dock fo it :)
Cool. Is there a vertical miniB on the way too?
I think this is the only vertical one we have so far.
Great product. I build it in a car holder the Sony Erisson HCH-60. My HTC Desire fits perfect in it.
For charging in the car you need to connect the D+ and D- pins. See this post: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=742706
Perfect for manufacturing JIG’s for Samsung Smartphones to call up various user modes, for example Car Docking mode, or Download Mode for when you brick your device. Many other modes exist and all that is needed is figuring out the resistance value between pins 4 and 5 to call up the function desired. Nice little board.
When you will have more units? I need at least twenty.
This is another life-saver (but I do not like the vertical orientation).
I used it to build a jumper-configurable cable (from USB or battery to Nokia N900, plus jumper for host/client USB modes).
Well, it doesn’t appear very elegant when fitted to the N900 – perpendicular to it and with the larger part looking down, but it’s so geeky… :–)
any ETA on backorder status?
OK, I might be dumb or just tired, but how come the female Micro B breakout only has four pads and the male one has five? I’m not incredibly conversant with the Micro B spec; apologies.
I need this ASAP.
I backordered it…How long would it take??
What about a Vertical microB plug?
You guys carry a female connector for use in making cables. I’d love to see this in a separate connector form factor so I could create some little heat shrink adapters.
The adapters on the market are scattershot WRT pins 4 and 5 being shorted.
The jig is not working I plug it in my Samsung Galaxy i9000 and nothing happens.. What should I do?
http://factoidz.com/how-to-unbrick-your-samsung-vibrant-galaxy-s/
Put a 301k ohm resistor between pin 4 & 5.
Any plan to stock the horizontal version for cable making?
any chance of breaking out the shield contact as well? If you’re abusing the USB standards, you can use this + the socket to make a really tiny and mechanically strong 6-contact connection.