A Basic USB-C Primer
Over the last five years or so there has been a quiet take-over of the ports on laptops, phones, and other devices, as a variety of older ports as well …read more Continue reading A Basic USB-C Primer
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Over the last five years or so there has been a quiet take-over of the ports on laptops, phones, and other devices, as a variety of older ports as well …read more Continue reading A Basic USB-C Primer
Last time, I showed off a few ways you can convert an existing PSU to USB-C duty, and zoomed in on a particular way you can use to convert one …read more Continue reading USB-C For Hackers: Program Your Own PSU
What if you wanted to build your own USB-C PSU? Good news – it’s easy enough! If you ever wanted to retrofit a decent DC PSU of yours to the …read more Continue reading USB-C For Hackers: Build Your Own PSU
Despite a somewhat shaky start, it seems like everyone is finally embracing USB-C. Most gadgets have made the switch these days, and even Apple has (with some external persuasion) gotten …read more Continue reading Drop-In Upgrade PCB Brings USB-C to DualShock 4
In the six months that have passed after the last USB-C article has been released, I have thought up a bunch of ways that these articles could have been improved. …read more Continue reading All About USB-C: Example Circuits
Last time, we configured the FUSB302 to receive USB PD messages, and successfully received a “capability advertisement” message from a USB-C PSU. Now we crack the PD specification open, parse …read more Continue reading All About USB-C: Replying Low-Level PD
In this USB-C series, we’ve covered quite a bit of USB-C – things that are well known, things that should be better known, and a couple things that just appeared …read more Continue reading All About USB-C: Talking Low-Level PD
People experience a variety of problems with USB-C. I’ve asked people online about their negative experiences with USB-C, and got a wide variety of responses, both on Twitter and on …read more Continue reading All About USB-C: Manufacturer Sins
As many people have pointed out, what matters with USB-C isn’t just the standard, it’s the implementations. After all, it’s the implementations that we actually have to deal with, and …read more Continue reading All About USB-C: Pinecil Soldering Iron
Talking about high-quality USB-C implementations, there’s a product that has multiple selling points designed around USB-C, and is arguably a shining example of how to do USB-C right. It’s the …read more Continue reading All About USB-C: Framework Laptop