USB-C PD: New Technology Done Right
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There is a tendency as we get older, to retreat into an instinctive suspicion of anything new or associated with young people. All of us will know older people who have fallen down this rabbit hole…

I wanted to share this opinion on Hackaday about a topic that is the usefulness of a something that has become ubiquitous relatively fast.

This techonolgyy has a lot of potential, what do you think?

  • bluewing@lemm.eeEnglish
    2·
    11 months ago

    I think there might be an issue with the propensity of people to use random chargers. If it fits, it has to be OK right? I’m not sure one should trust the charger to step down the voltage as it charges a device. Lots of poorly designed aftermarket chargers out there and you won’t be able to make the bad ones all disappear overnight. The device needs to protect itself from the stupidity of the user.

    • Corhen@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      11 months ago

      Definitely get what you are saying, but I already trust the charger to take 120-240v AC to 5-48v DC.

      Going from 9.0 to 8.85v is a much smaller regulation