USB-A Male Breakout – Horizontal

Our horizontal USB-A male breakout allows you to break out power and data from pretty much any USB socket – be it from a powerbank, computer, USB charger, car USB port, Raspberry Pi…pretty much any USB-A port…with the flexibility to solder wires, headers and more, alongside M2.5 mounting options, underside soldering pads and configuration pads! We also stock a female version.

Each pin from the USB-A connector is broken out to clearly labelled 2.54mm-spaced pads. You can solder whatever you like to these, such as the included 4-pin 2.54mm header strip (great for breadboard usage), some prototyping wire, or even a 4-way 2.54mm terminal block. The connector passes data at USB 2.0 specification.

If you’re soldering wires, consider using the underside solder pads. We added these because we know just how tricky it is to de-solder and re-solder a wire from a pad hole. With the underside pads, it’s much, much easier to rework and reuse.

On the underside of the board, you’ll find two sets of configuration pads for advanced users/use cases:

• ‘SHIELD‘ – bridging these pads with solder connects GND to the metal shield of the USB-A male connector
• ‘POWER ONLY‘ – bridge these pads to increase the current that the breakout will pass (doing this also stops data passing). It shorts the data lines, which tells the host device that you’re in a power-only scenario, which allows up to 1.5A, depending on the host device (the usual negotiation current is 100-500mA).

We also used M2.5 mounting holes as they’re a popular size with easy-to-source fixings.

Key Features

🤏 Compact, horizontal USB-A male breakout with sturdy through-hole USB-A connector

📌 USB-A pins broken out to clearly labelled 2.54mm pads (USB 2.0 speeds for data)

↩️ Underside solder pads for easy wire soldering and re-work

⚙️ Configuration pads to ground the connector shield, or run in power-only mode for higher current

🔩 M2.5 mounting holes for fiddly-free mounting

🪙 ENIG (Gold) PCB plating for oxidation resistance and durability

💸 4-pin 2.54mm male header strip included!

Board Layout

Resources

• Assembly guide
• 3D Model (STEP)

Dimensions

Please note that the corner radius may vary due to the manual PCB finishing process 

Package Contents

• 1x USB-A Male Breakout – Horizontal
• 1x 4-pin 2.54mm male header strip