Next Generation USB Connector Announced Finally

The next type of the USB connector will accept the plug either way up, the USB 3.0 Promoter assembly said Tuesday. The USB Type-C connector, primarily proposed for USB 3.1 and 2.0 apparatus, will be a entire redesign, the assembly said. It will be alike in dimensions to the USB 2.0 Micro-B plug discovered on most modern cellphones, and will support scalable power charging. In evaluation, the USB 3.0 Micro-B plug is broader than that for USB 2.0 apparatus.

The new connector will also be tailored to work well with emerging product concepts and will scale for future USB coach presentation, said the assembly, whose members encompass Hewlett-Packard, Intel, Microsoft, Renesas Electronics and Texas Instruments. Following a lead set by apple fruit with the Lightning connector utilised in the iPhone 5 and newer iPads and iPods, the USB Type-C close and socket will fit either way up, bypassing fumbling to find the correct orientation, the group said.

The Type-C USB connector is intended to be utilised to consign power, facts and figures and video over all devices without the need for another connector, the assembly said. It will although not work with living USB closes. The specification will characterise new-to-existing twisted cords and adapters to permit users to use their existing products, the assembly said. The new USB connector needs to follow the design tendencies in periods of size and usability, the assembly said, supplementing that the Type-C connector lays the base for future versions of USB. It will furthermore endow an entirely new “super slim class” of devices, it supplemented.

The Type-C specification is up for commerce reconsider in the first quarter of 2014 and a last specification is anticipated to be published by the middle of next year. Participants in the reconsider method will be dispatched a copy of the 0.7 preliminary of the connector specification.