The shield has a function of handling a static discharge when the plug is attached or the board is touched. A conductive ring around the edge of the PCB connected to the shield will prevent blowing out the electronics when that spark occurs. A resistor from shield to signal ground is reasonable.
On Sun, Feb 7, 2021, 5:53 PM newxito <axta...@gmail.com> wrote: > I'm trying to make a CPU load indicator with 3 IN-12. This is my first > project using USB power and data from a PC > I'm not sure about the shield of the USB connector, Google is a little bit > confusing about this point... > Basically I found 3 different opinions: > > 1. Do not ground the shield > 2. Ground the shield > 3. Connect the shield to ground trough a 33k resistor > > Can somebody give me advise? > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "neonixie-l" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to neonixie-l+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/8acdfa93-38c3-4ae6-b218-b5b1073fbed8n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/8acdfa93-38c3-4ae6-b218-b5b1073fbed8n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to neonixie-l+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/CAPbqtvcOLU4hRKEoFOJ05hp7g5giSksK%3DxYftPLghMmorPKU0A%40mail.gmail.com.
