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Jonty Wareing

What is the most inappropriate connector with enough pins to support USB-C?

I suggest:

Like 15 October at 15:10 | Open on chaos.social

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blausand 🐟

@jonty https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/SCART true full Inappropriateness

15 October at 15:12 | Open on chaos.social

Steve Scott

@blausand @jonty 21 pins vs 24 for USB-C unfortunately

15 October at 15:14 | Open on tooter.wishy.co.uk

Eth

@wishy @blausand @jonty except 4 of those are GND, 4 are VBUS, and D+ and D- are both duplicated, so if your connector doesn’t need to be reversible you can fit it into 16 pins.

I propose OBD-II

15 October at 15:27 | Open on chaos.social

Eth

@wishy @blausand @jonty alternatively, a loom of differently colored TS connectors

15 October at 15:31 | Open on chaos.social

rosa ⚬.⚬

@blausand @jonty DisplayPort Alternate Mode over SCART

15 October at 16:22 | Open on hachyderm.io

Gary Parker

@jonty well, re. an ongoing conversation elsewhere:

15 October at 15:15 | Open on cyberplace.social

CIMB4

@WiteWulf @jonty my first thought was SCART :3

15 October at 15:48 | Open on mastodon.social

purple 👊✊💨

@jonty@chaos.social at least it wont fall out of the socket

15 October at 15:16 | Open on nya.social

Extreme Electronics

@jonty 3 phase commando

15 October at 15:18 | Open on mstdn.social

Steve Scott

@Extelec @jonty not enough pins, but 3 phase IEC distributor...

15 October at 15:40 | Open on tooter.wishy.co.uk

Jonty Wareing

This deeply cursed suggestion from baz

15 October at 15:21 | Open on chaos.social

kianryan ☑️🐙🏳️‍🌈

@jonty
That's just Power Delivery.

15 October at 15:26 | Open on oldbytes.space

DDR

@jonty Okay. I had not considered that. An impressive feat!

15 October at 15:27 | Open on pony.social

DDR

@jonty wait I got one - it solves the issue where you can't plug it in first try. Didn't count but should be more than enough pins.

(Image credit: Wikipedia)

15 October at 15:30 | Open on pony.social

blausand 🐟

@ddr @jonty
If it smells like chicken, you're holding it wrong - or maybe you're trying to solder your USB cable to a 512 pin Western Standard Porcupine Plug.

15 October at 17:50 | Open on chaos.social

Trantion

@jonty I like that this one, unlike most extension leads, is reversible

15 October at 15:44 | Open on masto.ai

Anatol

@jonty spicy breadboard

15 October at 18:25 | Open on chaos.social

TheCoolest

@dngrs @jonty you and I might share a braincell

although it only has 3 traces per power strip, so might be worth buying more power strips. Buy enough power strips to breadboard the USB-C connector. We need 8 of them.

15 October at 19:16 | Open on dftba.club

Wyatt (🏳️‍⚧️♀?)

@jonty that might beat mine which was a DC37

15 October at 15:22 | Open on tech.lgbt

Ryan Castellucci :nonbinary_flag:

@jonty DB-25 and/or centronics

15 October at 15:22 | Open on infosec.exchange

Cal Alaera

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@ryanc @jonty Why stop at DB-25? This thing's just plain cursed.

A DD-78 connector which has seventy-eight pins, tightly spaced, in four rows, looking approximately like an unusually-wide parallel port. It has an ugly watermark in the bottom-right corner.

15 October at 15:55 | Open on kind.social

Ryan Castellucci :nonbinary_flag:

@Cal @jonty I'm convinced that @NanoRaptor made that image, and nothing will convince me otherwise

15 October at 16:23 | Open on infosec.exchange

Steve Scott

@jonty I suggest the HD50 standard. It can carry two USB-C connections for twice the fun, and 50pin HD-Dual-C (TM) to USB-A connectors are already available!

Be HD (tm)

USB to SCSI2 Intelligent Cable. 50 Pin HD SCSI Standard

15 October at 15:22 | Open on tooter.wishy.co.uk

Erin 💽✨

@jonty SOCAPEX

15 October at 15:23 | Open on akko.erincandescent.net

yopp

@jonty this one is future proof an will be able to comply with PD-42 spec, handling 1000W to power your fancy USB-C kettle

15 October at 15:24 | Open on feed.yopp.me

Iris Young (he/they/she) (PhD)

@jonty

24 pin industrial waterproof connector measuring 99 mm by 43 mm by 140 mm in the side connection version or 128 mm by 43 mm by 140 mm in the straight through version. It's labeled as appropriate for 13 to 18 mm cables. the connection is made with two rows of pins, and the whole thing clamps together for mechanical stability.

15 October at 15:28 | Open on neuromatch.social

@iris off-topic, but having built harnesses with these, even after looking at the spec sheet and designs I still didn't expect these to be as big and chunky as they are. They've got some real heft to them

15 October at 15:44 | Open on furry.engineer

furicle

@jonty Aren't we missing the obvious here?

http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0565/9293/products/DSC_0028_489509f2-da6f-4391-9075-d4e93ad58c35_grande.JPG?v=1479405862

15 October at 15:33 | Open on mastodon.social

Matt Gray

@jonty 36-way EDAC? It’s got a lovely bolt-in design to keep it mated.

https://edac.net/series/519

https://www.digikey.co.uk/en/products/detail/edac-inc/519-036-000-305/13721392

An EDAC connector shell showing knurled handle for bolt going through the middle.

15 October at 15:36 | Open on chaos.social

Andrew Zonenberg

@jonty Hmmm.

PCIe card edge?

QSFP+?

DIMM?

15 October at 15:38 | Open on ioc.exchange

Andrew Zonenberg

@jonty M.2 is a little too plausible given that some versions actually carry USB signals by design.

15 October at 15:39 | Open on ioc.exchange

nsfw :donor:

@jonty plenty of bus and tag on eBay.

15 October at 15:38 | Open on infosec.exchange

Maven :v_dgirl: :v_lesbian: ∞

@jonty@chaos.social that might be the most inappropriate connector
i was thinking 5.25" FDD

15 October at 15:39 | Open on froggie.gay

danimrich

@jonty Nuclear Instrumentation Standard (NIM bins).

15 October at 15:39 | Open on mastodon.social

Matt Gray

@jonty ooh wait
B gague jackfield and multicore loom

Jack looms showing multiple Jack connectors fanning out

15 October at 15:40 | Open on chaos.social

Vex Machina

@mattgrayyes @jonty weren't they an early-2000s UK Garage act?

15 October at 15:41 | Open on mastodon.me.uk

DamonHD

@pikesley @mattgrayyes @jonty Before they became famous and went all neurofunk...

15 October at 16:31 | Open on mastodon.social

Michael

@mattgrayyes @jonty even better: not only can you insert it either way up, you can remap any of the pins! Perfect for when you want to send power down the data lines to cook stuff!

15 October at 15:55 | Open on nerdculture.de

Ben Hardill

@jonty Does SCART have enough pins?

15 October at 15:45 | Open on bluetoot.hardill.me.uk

Wolf480pl

@jonty Fiat Punto Door Connector

15 October at 15:46 | Open on mstdn.io

Dan Sugalski

@jonty For a second I though that was a connector-of-connectors, welding a bunch of RJ-11 jacks together and...

Wait, hold on, I have an Idea!

15 October at 15:46 | Open on weatherishappening.network

Maciej

@jonty 16 pin JST-XH for data + XT60 for power

15 October at 15:46 | Open on pol.social

CIMB4

@jonty boring answer because my first thought was already posted: Digital Video Interface :3

15 October at 15:51 | Open on mastodon.social

Steve Bellovin

@jonty @cstross I'd suggest IBM bus and tag cables, from their older mainframes: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/ca/IBM_360_Bus_Tag_Cables.png. Note that the connectors are about 10 cm long — and you needed two to connect to each I/O device…

15 October at 15:51 | Open on mastodon.lawprofs.org

Cadbury Moose

@SteveBellovin @jonty @cstross

Beat this moose to it. (I may have a couple somewhere - unless I left them in my desk when the COVID-19 lockdown started and then turned into my retirement from Dinosaur Herding).

Plessey Mk.4 / Pattern 104 should have more than enough pins (in shell size 3), or maybe some of the Painton (small-pin) Jones connectors. The original Jones connector exists in 12-pin versions though...

15 October at 16:21 | Open on wandering.shop