futurebird, 13 days ago

@NanoRaptor

EW can you imagine the footprint of this beast on your PCB? Mad that you have to make space for a headphone jack on your board in Eagle? Look at this and weep. Might as well just go home and not make a gadget at all.

justafrog, 13 days ago

@futurebird @NanoRaptor I'm sure there's a mini version of it, just like with USB 2.

futurebird, 13 days ago

@justafrog @NanoRaptor

I know this is just a fun Dana post... but the thought of a whole other family of new USB connectors makes me want to cry.

futurebird, 13 days ago

@justafrog @NanoRaptor

USB T (for triangle)
USB T mini
USB T micro
USB T C
nooooooo

CodingItWrong, 13 days ago

@NanoRaptor USB3-D

byteborg, 13 days ago

@NanoRaptor
Swiss-made?

LoneLocust, 13 days ago

@NanoRaptor Please tell me it’s keyed so it only goes in one way. We needed a plug that you have to try 5 times before it goes in.

tevruden, 13 days ago

@NanoRaptor if USB-A exists in four dimensions, how many extra dimensions does this exist in? (how many times am I gonna have to rotate it to plug it in?)

andrewfeeney, 13 days ago

@tevruden @NanoRaptor You will have to try each direction simultaneously over an infinity of time to find the right orientation.

shadowlab, 13 days ago

@NanoRaptor TriUSB

relhr0vs, 13 days ago

@shadowlab @NanoRaptor Or maintaining the current USB naming convention, this could be:

USB 5.2 Gen 8 3x3 (Type-D) TriSuperSpeed

qlp, 13 days ago

@NanoRaptor From Pitchfork of Knowledge to A Piece of the Triforce of Knowledge 😅

disser, 13 days ago

@NanoRaptor does this work in any orientation or does it take six attempts to insert?

colinstu, 13 days ago

@disser @NanoRaptor USB superposition knows no bounds.

bornach, 13 days ago

@colinstu @disser @NanoRaptor
That's how you know it's fake. The USB committee would not have centered the solid bit in the middle of the equilateral triangle so that only 1 out of 6 orientations actually fits

Edit: just checked Alt text. Well played!

mattdm, 13 days ago

@NanoRaptor

If it were equilateral (and could be plugged in any way), and maybe a bit smaller, I actually wouldn't hate this!

andrewfeeney, 13 days ago

@mattdm @NanoRaptor No, no, now you have to try three different ways until you get the right one.

foone, 13 days ago

@NanoRaptor I need to get some metalworking tools and make this real

juandesant, 13 days ago

@NanoRaptor you missed the opportunity to “tobleronerize” it 😉