From: John Walliker on
> I am rapidly coming to the conclusion I will have to pay around $20 for
> a mains switching PSU module, eg;http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=227631

Try contacting Powerpax UK

John
From: Joel Koltner on
John Walliker wrote:
> The mini-USB connector is obsolete, so if you have a choice it would
> be better to use micro-USB in your product.

What makes you think mini-USB connectors are obsolete?

Are DB-9 connectors obsolete too?
From: Michael A. Terrell on

Joel Koltner wrote:
>
> John Walliker wrote:
> > The mini-USB connector is obsolete, so if you have a choice it would
> > be better to use micro-USB in your product.
>
> What makes you think mini-USB connectors are obsolete?
>
> Are DB-9 connectors obsolete too?


Yes, they were replaced with DE-9 connectors. :)


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From: krw on
On Mon, 28 Jun 2010 09:38:08 -0700, "Joel Koltner"
<zapwireDASHgroups(a)yahoo.com> wrote:

>John Walliker wrote:
>> The mini-USB connector is obsolete, so if you have a choice it would
>> be better to use micro-USB in your product.
>
>What makes you think mini-USB connectors are obsolete?

News to me too. I'd like a cite for that. We just replaced one because the
vendors are constantly obsoleting various P/Ns, but there are always others.

>Are DB-9 connectors obsolete too?

From: John Walliker on
On 28 June, 23:19, "k...(a)att.bizzzzzzzzzzzz" <k...(a)att.bizzzzzzzzzzzz>
wrote:
> On Mon, 28 Jun 2010 09:38:08 -0700, "Joel Koltner"
>
> <zapwireDASHgro...(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
> >John Walliker wrote:
> >> The mini-USB connector is obsolete, so if you have a choice it would
> >> be better to use micro-USB in your product.
>
> >What makes you think mini-USB connectors are obsolete?
>
> News to me too.  I'd like a cite for that.  We just replaced one because the
> vendors are constantly obsoleting various P/Ns, but there are always others.
>

Here it is:

http://www.usb.org/developers/Deprecation_Announcement_052507.pdf

It turns out that they are only partially obsolete! The mini-A and
mini-AB connectors have not been allowed in new USB designs since May
2007, but the mini-B connector is still permitted. I had forgotten
that detail - or perhaps I didn't read the announcement carefully
enough when I first came across it.

However, in the specific case of battery chargers, the only connectors
that are permitted are standard-A receptacle or a micro-B captive
cable. See section 4.1 of the USB Battery Charging Specification v1.1
which is at

http://www.usb.org/developers/devclass_docs/batt_charging_1_1.zip

John