I really like the USB based expansion card system. Not sure this is really the best implementation, but I could see a lot of applications for a similar format, if it didn't stick out as much.
We finally have one good connector that almost everyone seems to trust, that is both cheap and reliable. I bet there's a lot of places it can be used.
I'd like to see a home automation hub that had expansion ports like this for adding multiple radios.
Or a Raspberry Pi class device that just had these connections so you could choose exactly what ports you need.
But I kind of have some doubts about this particular use case. I think it will be pretty specialist.
USB to ethernet adapters are cheap. In the future, I could see moving towards direct USB connections. Routers might someday have a usb network port built in. You could have wall outlets that expose the network as a USB to ethernet dongle.
Long term that would seem to be a bit nicer, just not have any bulky Ethernet anywhere near mobile stuff , hide it behind permanently mounted converters.
We finally have one good connector that almost everyone seems to trust, that is both cheap and reliable. I bet there's a lot of places it can be used.
I'd like to see a home automation hub that had expansion ports like this for adding multiple radios.
Or a Raspberry Pi class device that just had these connections so you could choose exactly what ports you need.
But I kind of have some doubts about this particular use case. I think it will be pretty specialist.
USB to ethernet adapters are cheap. In the future, I could see moving towards direct USB connections. Routers might someday have a usb network port built in. You could have wall outlets that expose the network as a USB to ethernet dongle.
Long term that would seem to be a bit nicer, just not have any bulky Ethernet anywhere near mobile stuff , hide it behind permanently mounted converters.