What new Expansion Card types do you want to see released?

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@lengau

@Chunmeista

Super basic, but a sunk-in version of the USB port. Just flip the laptop upside down to unplug a dongle.

I could definitely get behind this. Or better still, one that has a USB port plus an internal space for one of these mini-dongles. (Sunk in or not for the external one doesn’t bother me - I’d just like to not have to waste a port for my headphones.)

One of these might interest you two.

A few designs in this thread.

Dongle Hider

This is a new version of my previous hider, the old one was too shallow and the braces were too flexible. I can’t edit my old post to update it, so I’ll post it here. The narrower braces are made to fit against the back wall. [dongle hider] [img8] dongle hider.stl (899.7 KB)

Then a dual port option

USB-A-ugment: USB-A port card with internal dongle port and addons

Finally, I can show an ambitious Expansion Card of mine, that I’ve already been using personally. It’s the USB-A card on steroids - designed to be compatible with it, but it can do so much more! [photo1692725938] For a start, there’s an internal USB-A socket for your mouse receiver - you don’t even have to take it apart or solder onto the board, a receiver can plug right in and you can unplug it whenever you want. There’s also a USB-C pulldown switch - you can power the card off whenever you …

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