topic TWR-SER USB Mini AB female connector change to USB Mini B in Kinetis Microcontrollers

TWR-SER USB Mini AB female connector change to USB Mini B

sohalpatel — Tue, 07 Apr 2015 08:15:16 GMT

As an amateur electronic hobbyist please be gentle on my limited knowledge, having said that, I do have some programming skills but soldering iron is one thing i would use only in dire need. I am trying to use the USB feature of my Kinetis K60F120M oard http://www.freescale.com/webapp/sps/site/prod_summary.jsp?code=TWR-K60F120M. Now looking at the connector on my TWR-SER http://www.freescale.com/webapp/sps/site/prod_summary.jsp?code=TWR-SER&lang_cd=en I failed to find a suitable cable. For my convenience, I would like to replace the USB mini AB type female connector with a more generic USB Mini B type female connector. Can anyone suggest if what I am thinking is feasible in the first place? If so, has anyone tried it? Any suggestions in this topic would be very useful. I seriously don't want to blow away my board.

Re: TWR-SER USB Mini AB female connector change to USB Mini B

DavidS — Tue, 07 Apr 2015 13:16:55 GMT

Hi Sohalpatel,

I think Googling "usb adapter" is safer approach then hardware modifications.

Regards,

David

Re: TWR-SER USB Mini AB female connector change to USB Mini B

sohalpatel — Wed, 08 Apr 2015 12:31:08 GMT

Hello David,

Thanks! I was looking around for the adapter cable in the shops around, and had to do some digging in the internet. A look in the article on Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USB#Host_and_device_interface_receptacles suggested that the MiniAB receptacles can be plugged with the MiniB connector cables but since they are deprecated, i found it hard to find a suitable cable. I went back and connected the cable to the board and it did connect. Now the next thing is to find if I can actually use it! :smileysilly: I'd test it with some application and post it!

Cheers,

SPatel