Comment on Realized 99% of all my chargers are USB-C. This can only mean one thing. New USB bout to drop!
HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 3 days agoJust picture a rectangular plunger plate with a hole in it that sits over the wafer inside the receptacle. Then when you plug in, the plunger is pushed back. Tiny springs push it back out.
I know just enough to know that something like this is more complex to engineer than you want… It’s awfully small, it needs to move freely even when crudded up, it needs to not impede plugging in, etc
Of course this won’t protect 100% from ingress, just reduce it.
rumba@lemmy.zip 3 days ago
Any reduction would be great.
It would also be interesting to make the port something like a sim tray. you could eject it and replace it with a new one for a couple bucks. You might only replace it a handful of times, enough that the internal sealed contacts wouldn’t wear out.
HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 3 days ago
I like that but you have to replace your phone every year anyway so…
rumba@lemmy.zip 3 days ago
yeah, i’m foolishly hoping we get away from that