Ha. I like the vga part but the part that makes your usb - c connector look like an old fashioned proprietary apple lightening connector is just too much!
Thank you for pointing that out, I didn’t notice it lmao
(I think that was a joke, it IS actually a lightning cable)
Yeah I’m not entirely sure, but it WOULD be possible to print a sticker like that
I know, I had to look at it for a while but the side edges in the pictures are rather sharp while a USB connector would have a completely round edge…
But which side would you put it on?
The outside
That reminds me of a joke about a dead baby and a blender.
Am I missing something? That’s Apple’s proprietary connector, all right. But it’s not “old-fashioned” in that it’s still currently used for new devices (at least for iPads in the US).
Left: USB-C connector
Right: Apple Lightning connectorAnd USB-C has the wires on the inside (which then goes inside the port on the device). So, unless I’m mistaken, they weren’t trying to look like anything other than the VGA part, because this connector wouldn’t work for anything other than an Apple device…
I believe the joke is calling Apple old fashioned for still sticking to a proprietary cable and/or calling proprietary cables old-fashioned in general. But also, Apple will be switching the iPhone cables to USB-C next gen iirc, so maybe it’s also old fashioned that way?
Apple has already switched their whole lineup to USB-C as far as I can tell, currently replying to this from my USB-C iPhone 15. Even my AirPods are USB-C.
Thanks to EU regulations.
EU, I belive in you!
I believe in EU!
Huh? Both my M1 air and iPad Pro only use USB-C. Do some of the iPads still use Apple’s lightning? These are the only two apple products I own, so I have never had any other connector. Except for a couple random items (stupid mouse), everything I own can use the same charger. Packing and traveling is so much easier.
There’s a lot of iPad Gen 1-9s out there. Not to mention iPods and older iPhones…
I knew the phones and older devices had not, but I didn’t think there were newish models of the iPads that hadn’t switched to USB-C like the Pro line did.
I seriously love it. I can use the USB4/Thunderbolt ports to connect to my Dell monitor that includes PD (power delivery) and have 1 cable for everything. All of the ports for a keyboard, flash drives, Ethernet, whatever are on the monitor.
Ah, yeah that’s true. I know we get used to only the absolute newest things being the norm, but… they still sell the Lightning models all over the world. Even in the US, this is straight from their website:
(In case it’s not obvious, the USB-C port is on the wall charger. The actual iPad has the Lightning connector.)
You could put a sticker on the left one and (from the right angle) make it look like the right one.
Our new iPad 10 came with a usb c connector too. In the US.
It’s progress! I believe that’s the only regular iPad that has ever come with USB-C. Thank the EU, which required it! Gens 1-9 had the proprietary Lightning connector…
It’s actually kind of a pain because we have so many lightning cables set up where the old iPad (RIP) and our older phones charge.
I’m also a little dubious of the longevity of usb-c ports. 2 of the 4 on my MacBook are less that reliable when plugged into the charger.
Hopefully the iPad works out. The last one lasted us almost 10 years.
look at the vga connector again. it has a little icon on it that looks like a usbc slot
You mean this? That’s on every VGA cable…
That one is a rectangle inside a rectangle. The one in the OP looks like a capsule shape inside a rectangle, more like a usbc connector, so i assumed it was an intentional add by the the person who made the thing as another layer on top of the joke.
But yeah it could also be just someone trying to be clever while whining about usbc not being adopted by iphones sooner, and the icon is off because it’s designed to be made with 3d printer without a high enough level of precision
It’s not the same without two little screws jangling about
I had fuckin bent pins and pins falling out of my vga connector. I had to straighten them and align them. Good times.
You could take the screws out of your iPhone and glue them onto the knobs, it’ll void your AppleCare though.
Yes officer. This post over here.
No, seriously, why am I offended. This is offensive to me.
Probably because the screws can’t be used!
Just gonna have to 3d print a phone case with the corresponding threads, I guess.
Because that stupid proprietary connector is now illegal in the EU YAAAAY
Are you calling twitter mob?
A power plug, but the three-prong ones like we have in the UK. The two lower prongs would appear to be plugged into the phone, and the top prong would just hover uselessly above the phone.
Bonus points for following the shape of the plug properly and having the cable come out of the bottom of the wall wart, so the phone can never lat down flat while it’s charging.
This is evil. I love it.
Holy shit, man - who crapped in your doritos?
Yes, yes and hell yes.
That’s brilliant. Do you have
.stls available for that?I’ve seen a few renditions of this one so far:
At first I thought it was great standard connector. It turns out to be non-standard garbage.
You have to buy a million dollar iPod to use it.
Make it look like an old Apple 30-pin.
That could actually be one of the more confusing ones.
Especially on an Android phone :-)
But one of those chonky third party ones with the buttons on the sides, and have a FireWire cable coming out of there too for that 2003 feel
I would want an RJ45 charger.
Nice
Why are technical drawings so much cooler?
Fun fact: if you design in fusion 360, you can make technical drawings quite easily with only a couple clicks.
[Fact Check!] A YouTube video series says it takes 30 days to completely master. Did skillshare send you?
To completely master yeah maybe, but if you just want the cool drawings, it’ll automatically make them from your model (I meant that assuming you already use fusion).
Fun fact: FreeCAD is better
I wish
Because engieneering is so much cooler.
The single screw version looks wrong somehow.
Why two different and incompatible options?
Or, more generally, why can’t I ever read some USB spec and get out with less questions than I had in the beginning?
Probably for the same reason why they decided to rename USB 3.0.
I guess they had a liquor cabinet in the room where they held their meeting
Because for some reason, the USBIF has been hit over and over again with the stupid stick ever since USB2 came out.
Because USB is pretty much neither universal or standardized, just the same shape and somewhat compatible
I wish things actually used this, it looks really stable.
Well, you can buy them: https://www.coolgear.com/product/usb31-type-c-to-c-dual-screw-lock-cable
That’s cool, but I wouldn’t have anything to attach it to. It would be great if my laptop had those ports though.
You usually do not want connectors to be too stable.
The fact that it unplugs before any part breaking or pushing your devices away is almost always a feature, not a bug.
Coaxial for me
25pin serial cable and ain’t nobody at work gonna steal my phone charger no more.
Cant do it, the BNC connector is not large enough to house a USBc end, even the Apple one which is the smallest I have. I would have to enlarge the BNC to a near comical size. Now if we removed the moulded housing it could be done, but it would have to be made on a bare PCB/Cable/Connector to be the right size.
An N connector should be just big enough, if not, use a 7/16 DIN connector then.
N connector to SMA, and hardline to USB-C.
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6449087
I have not done a test print yet, but this might work. Requires a Apple USB-C cable because anything else is too big.
Jack or Plug? if plug, would you want it to look like its plugged in, so just the retention tab and back half are sticking out?
It would be epic if it is both.
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6449087
not tested yet
Terrible ideas:
- Garden hose
- NEMA 10-50 - each “prong” could be a different connector
- CCS
- USB-A
- Quick-connect air coupler
The first one reminds me of this classic
CCS to USB-C?
How about a patch cable to female aux connector? Just leave it laying around somewhere visible in the office.
Side note, does anyone know some sort of cable sleeve similar to this that instead grabs onto the device and stabilizes the port?
As much as I like type-C, the ports on my laptop have worn down significantly and aren’t always stable
Personally I have the opinion that usb-c should be a connector for mobile devices only and there should be something with the size of a type a or b for stationary stuff. The size makes the connector too flimsy
Yes, but they typically require that the side on the laptop is also prepared for it. Look for example how the usb ports on toughbooks look. They have a screw next to them.
You can use some of that heat shrink wire wrap to create a stiff cable where you want and how big
A big stiff cable is exactly what we’re looking for.
I prefer laying something a bit softer, personally.
Like a full excavatory dispulsion of liquid?
Not quite as entertaining as that. Maybe a 3 or 4 on the Bristol scale.
Hey, I’d buy it. Maybe, I mean money is pretty tight.
You inspired at least one print. Thankfully, I have blue filament on hand!
One of those big old audio jacks. Bonus points for use of metal and leaving a good chunk of it ‘sticking out’.
V G A! V G A!
VGA master race.
