USB Type A Jack Breakout Cable with Premium Female Jumpers

If you'd like to connect a USB-host-capable chip to your USB peripheral, this cable will make the task very simple. There is no converter chip in this cable! It's basically a plain USB cable that's cut in half and with jumper sockets on the power and data lines.

Red wire / VBUS
USB 5V power lead to the USB device. Adafruit states the red wire connects to 5V power.
Type · powerVoltage · 5V USB VBUS
Black wire / GND
Common USB data and power ground. Adafruit states the black wire connects to common data/power ground.
Type · groundVoltage · 0V reference
Green wire / D+
USB D+ data positive lead. Adafruit states the green wire connects to D+ data positive.
Type · data
White wire / D-
USB D- data negative lead. Adafruit states the white wire connects to D- data negative.
Type · data

Pin	Position	Type

Start wiring

5V USB VBUS · 0V reference

Verify supply voltage and logic levels before powering up.

Module pins: Red wire / VBUS, Black wire / GND. Schematik maps them to your board in the app.

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