3x Soldered USB-C male connector breakout

The USB-C Male Connector Breakout puts a USB-C plug on a small board and brings its contacts out to two 5-pin headers. You plug it straight into a USB-C port and reach VUSB, GND and the signal lines on a breadboard or in your own wiring, without cutting up a cable.

There is no regulator, resistor or protection on the board, so every pin connects straight to the plug: VUSB, GND, CC1, D+, D-, SBU1 and the SuperSpeed pair TX1+/TX1- and RX1+/RX1-. CC1 has no pull-down fitted. A USB-C charger or port switches VUSB on only when it sees a 5.1 kΩ resistor from CC1 to GND, so you add that resistor yourself or connect a USB PD controller to CC1.

Two 5-pin 2.54 mm male headers ship unsoldered. Solder them on for a breadboard, or wire straight to the pads. Two 3.2 mm mounting holes let you screw the board down. The board measures 22 x 22 mm.

• Connector: USB-C male (plug), G-Switch GT-USB-8016B, 12-pin, mid-mount SMD
• Connector rating: 5 V; 3 A on VBUS, 0.25 A on the other contacts
• Connector durability: 10,000 mating cycles
• Operating temperature: -40 to +85 °C (connector)
• Pins: GND, VUSB, CC1, D+, D-, SBU1, TX1+, TX1-, RX1+, RX1-
• Headers: 2x 5-pin, 2.54 mm pitch, unsoldered
• Other parts on the board: none (no CC resistor, regulator or protection)
• Mounting holes: 2x 3.2 mm, 16 mm apart
• In the pack: 3 boards
• Dimensions: PCB 22 x 22 mm, plug extends past one edge