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		userbinator 1 day ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: PCB Edge USB C Connector Library There are USB-A drives which do this, and in my experience they are far less durable than ones which have an actual connector. Given the thinness, this is going to be too easily snapped off.

kaoD 1 day ago [–]

I mostly use these for prototyping. Even gold-coated fingers still suffer from abrasion after many inserts so there is no way these are durable.

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