USB Socket Spacer

USB Socket Spacer

This is a spacer for mounting a USB-C socket to the edge of a circuit board.

These reasonably priced USB-C sockets are an easy way to power a project board.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DMSSXXDM?ref_=ppx_hzsearch_conn_dt_b_fed_asin_title_3

The spacer is an easy, five minute print. I've made a bunch to keep in the parts box with the USB sockets.

I mount them via a male pin header between the socket module and the circuit board it's mounting to. The thickness of the pin header body leaves a space between the module and the PCB. This 3D printed spacer fits in that gap.

A pair of M2 X 8 mm Allen flat head machine screws pass through the socket module, the spacer and the PCB, and are secured with M2 Nylock nuts. If using on a strip/Vero board, cut the strips that pass under the nuts to avoid the possibility of creating a short between two adjacent strips.

The 3D printed spacer holes are 2.5 mm but will probably print a little undersize. Use a 2.5 mm drill a