Collaborate Disseminate
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
One amazing thing about USB-C is its high-speed capabilities. The pinout gives you four high-speed differential pairs and a few more lower-speed pairs, which let you pump giant amounts of …read more Continue reading All About USB-C: High-Speed Interfaces
USB-C eliminates proprietary barrel plug chargers that we’ve been using for laptops and myriads of other devices. It fights proprietary phone charger standards by explicitly making them non-compliant, bullying companies …read more Continue reading All About USB-C: Power Delivery
If you’ve been following along our USB-C saga, you know that the CC wire in the USB-C cables is used for communications and polarity detection. However, what’s not as widely …read more Continue reading All About USB-C: Resistors And Emarkers
In USB-C Power Delivery (PD) standard, the PPS (Programmable Power Supply) mode is an optional mode that lets you request a non-standard voltage from a charger, with the ability to …read more Continue reading Use USB-C Chargers To Top Up Li-Ion Packs With This Hack