Need help identifying a PCB connector on a Loupdeck+

[ToTouchAnEmu]

I use a loupedeck+ for photo/video editing and it's great but the USB-A connector is horrible. It takes an insane amount of force to get it into any USB port.

I have identified that the cable is not soldered onto the board but instead uses some connector. It doesn't look proprietary, but I'm very inexperienced with these things so I don't know what to search for to replace this cable. If anyone recognizes this connector type you'd be a big hero to me because then I can replace the cord with a higher quality connector.

 

[Master Disaster]

I can say quite definitively, there's something proprietary going on there.

 

The pinout for USB uses 4 wires per port and that connector has 5 wires so it must be sending and/or receiving something extra down the cable.

 

It might be that USB 3 uses 5 wires per port, I'm actually not sure on that.

[ndesign.ie]

looks like a double ground usb, but don't hold me to it.

Whats the other end look like?

If its usb, use multimeter to find what wire goes where.

usb 3 has 9 connections, it looks like usb 2.0 .... to me.

But really need to see other end

[ToTouchAnEmu]

2 minutes ago, ndesign.ie said:

looks like a double ground usb, but don't hold me to it.

Whats the other end look like?

If its usb, use multimeter to find what wire goes where.

usb 3 has 9 connections, it looks like usb 2.0 .... to me.

But really need to see other end

I have edited the post to include a photo of the USBA connector. I am currently using the device to edit so I don't want to take it apart right now but I can check the wiring with my multimeter later today.

[ToTouchAnEmu]

25 minutes ago, Master Disaster said:

I can say quite definitively, there's something proprietary going on there.

 

The pinout for USB uses 4 wires per port and that connector has 5 wires so it must be sending and/or receiving something extra down the cable.

 

It might be that USB 3 uses 5 wires per port, I'm actually not sure on that.

It's definitely a USB 2 Port, I have edited the post to include a photo of the USB connector.

[ndesign.ie]

ok so, going by USB A rules:

Red +

Green Data +

White Data -

Black - (Ground, negetive, shield)

Black - (Ground, negetive, shield)

[ToTouchAnEmu]

3 minutes ago, ndesign.ie said:

ok so, going by USB A rules:

Red +

Green Data +

White Data -

Black - (Ground, negetive, shield)

Black - (Ground, negetive, shield)

Okay so perhaps instead of looking for a pcb to usb cable, perhaps I should just splice a new connector using that wiring information?

[ndesign.ie]

I'd chop and use multi meter to be sure, but can be safe enough

[Master Disaster]

3 minutes ago, ToTouchAnEmu said:

Okay so perhaps instead of looking for a pcb to usb cable, perhaps I should just splice a new connector using that wiring information?

Yeah, you can clearly see the usb plug has 4 metal connectors inside it.

 

Probe the wires out using continuity mode from the plug end to the usb end, work out what order the wires are in and chop away

[ToTouchAnEmu]

8 minutes ago, ndesign.ie said:

I'd chop and use multi meter to be sure, but can be safe enough

 

5 minutes ago, Master Disaster said:

Yeah, you can clearly see the usb plug has 4 metal connectors inside it.

 

Probe the wires out using continuity mode from the plug end to the usb end, work out what order the wires are in and chop away

Well I'll splice as a last resort but for now I'm gonna keep looking for the pcb connector type (since the device works fine so I'm in no hurry to resolve it). I have emailed the manuf to see if they can shed light on this as well.

[Master Disaster]

48 minutes ago, ToTouchAnEmu said:

 

Well I'll splice as a last resort but for now I'm gonna keep looking for the pcb connector type (since the device works fine so I'm in no hurry to resolve it). I have emailed the manuf to see if they can shed light on this as well.

You could just buy a cheap USB hub, keep it plugged into that all the time and use the hub end as the removable one.