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Most have very small spaces between the pins, they might not have been able to do them reliably on their home setup shown at the end of the post.



Power-only USB-C connectors don't have the same pitch issues as they only need to pin out the power and CC1/CC2 pins.

However, the 0.65/0.40 pads required for USB-C are no longer an issue for any of the board houses I have used in the past couple of years.


Yeah you should be able to find a USB c connector that works. Plus you only need to route the power, ground, and d+/d- signals




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