PCB USB PLUG

[wreeve]

Has anyone got a design for a PCB footprint you can plug directly into a USB socket; I've seen a number in the wild, as a business card for instance, but I wondered if there is any specification (official or otherwise) on the pads and PCB thickness / dimensions which work reliably. Anyone ever done it?

[amyk]

Look in the USB spec; I think I've seen the dimensions in there.

[mikeselectricstuff]

Or just pull apart a USB plug and measure it.

[jc101]

I've got an FTDI module which is just a bare board to plug into USB A sockets, the data sheet has some dimensions on it but not the pads themselves...

http://www.ftdichip.com/Support/Documents/DataSheets/Modules/DS_UMFT201_220_230XB.pdf
{Page 8}

Meaning the pads, and this will be approximate, the outside ones are 1.75mm x 11mm with the inside 1.25mm x 10mm. 

Combine this with page 99 of the following and you should have all the dimensions needed to create a layout

http://www.usb.org/developers/docs/ecn1.pdf

[LukeW]

Those Cypress CY8CKIT-049-42XX boards are super cheap, like $4 or something. So if you can't get the info from their open-source files you could always just buy one and measure it.

Also: https://github.com/freetronics/LeoStick

I just measured the thickness of a LeoStick and a Cypress PSoC board at the USB connector... they're 1.9mm.