USB Type-C Plug Breakout - USB 2.0

by Solder Party

This plug and breakout board provides an easy way to extract signals and power when plugged into a USB Type-C Receptacle.

By default, the CC pin is connected via a 5.1K resistor to GND (-), meaning the plug identifies as a downstream port, and the upstream port will provide up to 1.5A at 5V. You can replace or move the resistor to pull the CC pin to VBUS (+) or change the pull value.

The 2.0 variant of the breakout board skips the SuperSpeed pins; they are left floating.

As per the USB Type-C specification, the plug has only one pair of D+/D- pins; it’s up to the Receptacle this is plugged into to connect them together or use a mux for more advanced scenarios. Similar with CC and VCONN pins.

For more details about USB Type-C, check out this application note or the USB Type-C Specification.

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Hardware Files

  • You can find KiCad hardware source files for the boards on Github.

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License Information

The USB Type-C Plug Breakout hardware designs are licensed under the CERN Open Hardware Licence.

This documentation is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License.

2 customer reviews

9 months ago
A small part - but it works great. Very fast shipping to Germany. Thanks
by Thomas about FlexyPin Adapter via REVIEWS.io
2 years ago
Nice little board making it possible to build and debug code on ESP32-WROOM-32E prior to putting the board into a project.
by Mark about FlexyPin Adapter via REVIEWS.io

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