Right-angle USB micro B receptacle for automated assembly
The Hirose ZX62-B-5PA(33) is a USB 2.0 micro B receptacle with 5 contacts, designed for surface-mount right-angle placement on the bottom edge of a PCB. It's part of the ZX series, a family of ruggedized USB connectors that see duty in industrial handhelds, medical peripherals, and test equipment where the USB port gets plugged and unplugged more often than a consumer device. The shielded shell — steel with stainless finish — knocks down EMI radiated from the data lines, and the gold-plated contacts handle the 1 A per contact rating without fretting over the connector's 10000-cycle life.
What the 10000 mating cycles mean for the build
10000 mating cycles is an order of magnitude above a standard USB micro B connector — most consumer-grade parts spec 1500 to 5000 cycles. That rating tells you the contact beam and plating are built for frequent reconnection: field-service cable swaps, daily programming jigs, or a device that lives on a docking station. If your application sees fewer than 1000 mates over the product life, this connector is overbuilt — but if you're counting on the port surviving years of daily plugging, that cycle life is the spec that saves you a field return.
SMD right-angle footprint and board placement
The 5 contacts are arranged in the standard micro B layout, so the PCB footprint matches any other micro B receptacle — but the solder retention tabs add mechanical hold beyond the signal pins, which matters for a connector that sees insertion force from a cable.