Embedded USB-A Expansion Card for Wireless Mouse Dongle

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Check out these threads for ongoing work on this:

Dongle Hider

[image] I saw a comment that people want to hide their Logitech Unifying dongle (and other random small easy to lose dongles. Tried a design with a standard USB-A 2.0 socket recessed inside. Not enough room for another connector to expand outward sadly. It will need some improvement, the socket is probably too high. I’d replace it with a laptop usb-a socket that sits dropped into the board. If you have a suggestion for a part, let me know!

2.4GHz Mouse/Peripherals Expansion Card

I am a firmware developer and electrical engineer currently running a niche PC peripherals company. After seeing the Framework Laptop, I am looking into developing a replacement/alternative to 2.4GHz dongles. I don’t like having a dongle sticking out of a USB A port. USB C dongles stick out even further. Avoiding the dongle by using Bluetooth results in noticeable input latency. Anyone else here agree? Unfortunately, a USB port was too thick to contain fully within the Expansion Card, so I che…