USB inventor explains why the connector was not designed to be reversible

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  • duckduckgo-locales

    Translation files for <a href="https://duckduckgo.com"> </a>

  • Frequently (by convention) the colors on the USB ports have meaning (including white actually indicating USB 1.0):

    https://duckduckgo.com/?q=colors+on+usb+ports

  • docs

    Misc ErgoDox EZ Files (by zsa)

  • Most of this is just cheap design on part of the ergomech community. It's not that hard to add some protection. E.g. some keyboards use a Schottky diode on VCC for reverse polarity protection and ESD protection diodes to protect the data lines:

    https://github.com/zsa/docs/blob/master/Ergodox%20V5-L.pdf

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