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Subscribe to stay updated with industry's latest Electronics components and news. The micro USB connector can be used to power or communicate with devices. The maximum current that can be handled by this connector is 1A. A sample connection set-up is shown below. So if you are looking for an USB option on your project which occupies less space, this might be the right choice for you. The micro USB Jack has five pins through which the power and data is transferred, the 4th pin ID is used for mode detection, this indicates if the USB is used only for power or for data transfer. They also require a pull-down resistor of value 15K each for the data to transfer. Get Our Weekly Newsletter!{/INSERTKEYS}{/PARAGRAPH} Pin Configuration Pin No. Tags USB. Component Datasheet. Of the remaining four pins two pins pin 1 and Pin 5 are used to provide the Vcc and Ground. {PARAGRAPH}{INSERTKEYS}The micro USB jack finds its applications in many embedded projects where serial communication or power supply is required. The ground pin is connected to the ground of microcontroller. Similarly it is used for the same purpose on raspberry pi, ESP modules and much more. These sockets have 5 pins, out which is two is used for power supply and other two is used for data communication.