U SB Type-C is the most flexible connection for notebooks and smartphones. The most important of its many capabilities is as a charging socket for battery-powered devices. USB-C should finally ...

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. It’s, of course, normal to have ...

Here’s a Type-C extension cable that forwards VBUS ... As a rule of thumb, most adapters with a female USB-C socket on them are non-compliant. It still won’t stop me from building a bunch ...

The USB Type-C cable has revolutionized the way we connect and power our devices, offering fast charging, high-speed data ...

The 3.5mm vs Type-C debate To start, let’s go into a little bit of background about the old 3.5mm jack socket and the new proposals being put forward by USB Type-C. The major difference is that ...

USB (Universal Serial Bus) cables are everywhere, with the type-C gaining . If you’ve ever needed to fast charge anything, from smartphones to tablets, to cameras and even newer laptops ...

USB chargers plug into an AC outlet and provide a USB Type A or Type C socket to cable DC power to the device. At the device side, various USB sockets along with Apple's Lightning interface have ...

USB-C charging from a 12V socket Some newer 12V chargers also offer USB-C connections supporting up to 18 or even 24 watts for one device. While USB-C still isn’t universal among smartphone ...

At (long) last, Apple switched from its proprietary lighting connector to USB-C when it released the iPhone 15 in 2023. USB-C, a standard used by Android devices and most other electronics ...