> when I've used micro-Bs I've had a couple leave their PCBs without permis=
sion

This seems to be depressingly common.  While Micro-USB connectors made some=
 real steps to fixing unreliability in the physical connection between male=
 and female connectors, they seem to have neglected the connection between =
the female connector and the PCB.  (Probably they assumed that this would g=
et handed by the packaging/case/etc.  But there seem to be an awful lot of =
bare boards and/or mediocre case designs that don=92t provide any physical =
reinforcement or strain relief to the USB/PCB connection, leaving things to=
 a few rather small PCB pads=85  The connectors rip right off the boards, u=
sually taking some of the traces with them (doubly difficult to repair!)

I look for micro-usb connectors with as close to through-hole mounting tabs=
 as I can get (but they=92re pretty rare.)

BillW


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