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keytech123 on 18 Jul 19he Lightning connector is a small connector on Apple's mobile devices (and even some accessories) that charges and connects the devices to computers and charging bricks. The Lightning connector was introduced in 2012 with the arrival of the iPhone 5 and, shortly thereafter, the iPad 4. It remains the standard way to both charge them and connect them to other devices such as a laptop, although some devices, such as the 2018 iPad Pro, might use USB-C instead of Lightning as its standard connector. The cable itself is small with a thin Lightning adapter on one side and a standard USB-A adapter on the other. The Lightning connector is 80 percent smaller than the 30-pin connector it replaced and is fully reversible, which means it doesn't matter which way the connector is facing when you plug it into the Lightning port. Lightning data line has 8 pins on each side, and the white part insulates these pins from each other. There is a little bit of indentation on each side of the joint, this is mainly to be able to tighten the "card" in the slot (the internal slot on the left and right sides of a spring). When inserting, the metal part with grounding function will enter the slot first, avoiding the electrostatic problem caused by connecting the signal pin first. The top and sides of the joint are not 100% flat, but slightly rounded. For both sides, it is more convenient to press the spring plates on both sides of the internal slot to insert smoothly. The rounded corners on the top actually have another function -- when inserted, they will first "brush" through eight signal contacts to remove dirt and oxides from them. And inside the slot you can see clearly that only one side has a contact, which actually lowers the height of the slot.