Micro USB-C alternatives USB4085-GF-A

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Micro USB-C alternatives USB4085-GF-A

jesusignazio opened this issue 4 years ago · 5 comments

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.

Answer 1 · 2020-08-22T08:17:12.000Z

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.

Answer 2 · 2020-08-22T11:55:18.000Z

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

Answer 3 · 2020-08-22T12:02:54.000Z

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

Answer 4 · 2020-08-22T15:47:25.000Z

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.

Answer 5 · 2021-03-12T22:02:22.000Z

@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.