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TheEntity@lemmy.world 5 months agoThe micro USB most of us know already is a USB-B. Each cable before USB-C had USB-A on one side and USB-B on the other. The square-like one used for printers is a full-sized USB-B, as opposed to the one used in phones (micro USB-B).
wander1236@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
I’m pretty sure there’s also a micro USB-A that just never got adopted.
TheEntity@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Yes, that’s what I meant by “the micro USB most of us know”. I don’t think I’ve ever seen the A variant of micro USB.
2xsaiko@discuss.tchncs.de 5 months ago
I have! It’s apparently pretty common on e-bikes.
Rebels_Droppin@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Isn’t that the PS3 controller cable? It’s such a funky lil micro variant I’m so scared to lose my cable lol
TheEntity@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Unlikely, the A plugs are for the host devices while the B plugs are for peripherals. It got blurred with phones (see: USB-OTG) but in general the host devices were big enough to have full-sized USB ports, so the smaller USB-Bs are extremely rare.