B type panel mount USB connector?

[Mister X]

Does anybody know of a source for one of these creatures?


Hopefully one that is not made by Bulgin.

 

[Othersider]

Easiest way to get one is probably to gut a cheap USB device, like a hub or a drive enclosure.

 

[Mister X]

http://www.l-com.com/jump.jsp?lGen=detail&itemID=4257&itemType=PRODUCT&iProductID=4257

 

[Edwood]

Unless you need it to be an industrial type connector, a nice ghetto solution would be to harvest one from a cheap/old USB hub. Or just about anything with a PCB mounted A-Type USB connector.

-Ed

 

[Mister X]

I was looking at the Neutrik gender changer one but that presents a cabling problem so it was religated to option b.

http://www.neutrik.com/content/products/products_entry.asp?productid=210_2129059093
(printer warning)


Ghetto in a DAC with an overkill LFD level meter thingamabob?
I dunno how well that would work.


Thanks for the suggestion though.

 

[DarK AngeL DreaD]

What, something like this?

http://www.datapro.net/images/1591.jpg

http://www.datapro.net/products/1591.html

EDIT:
You'll have to ask, but it looks like they'll re-terminate it into a PCB board, if that's what you're going for. It'd be custom, since I don't see any panel-mount B to PCB as a stock item, only A.

 

[mich43L]

http://ntcdistributing.com/bigprod/urb-1001-clear.jpg

http://ntcdistributing.com/products/usbcon.htm

 

[xonik]

That one isn't panel mount, it's PC mount. However, part number URB-1001B-SC might be suitable.

 

[Mister X]

I think I got this sorted out... but thanks for the replies.
Even the ones with the hot linked images.

 

[xonik]

Mister X

So did you order the one from L-Com? What's the depth of that connector?

Thanks.

 

[Mister X]

Yup, the one in the pic is from Lcom.
The depth is roughtly 1 3/8" and it sticks out of the panel about 1/4" which kinda sucks but some spacers will make short work out of correcting that.

I got a pair of the Neutrik ones from the link above today..... those are pretty cool.

 

[xonik]

Thanks for the info. Where'd you buy the Neutriks? Direct?

I didn't think much of this thread until now. I'm putting together a few VFD setups with USB interfaces, so now I'm taking notes

 

[Mister X]

Yea, directly from Neutrik.
They are freaking monsters though (it's a inch and three eighths deep before plugging anything into it)

 

[xonik]

Mister X, what's the trick to getting them to sell me a few connectors? The guy who responded gave me the whole "minimum 10,000 pcs" line, and I somehow doubt you bought that many

 

[ikari303]

Try a distributor. I bought them from the closest distributor in Utah (who just happens to be my father) and got USB, FireWire, Ethernet, power, and audio for a military mod I'm doing.

Edit: they even provide drawings for doing panel layouts:
http://sh3.asuu.utah.edu/~wyatt/images/layout.jpg