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It didn't have to be. If only there was some foresight into standardizing a marking system to indicate capabilities of cables and ports. And possibly reduce the
by ants_a 5y ago
It didn't have to be. If only there was some foresight into standardizing a marking system to indicate capabilities of cables and ports. And possibly reduce the number of options available based on educated guesses on use cases and cost drivers. Right now there's no way to determine what voltages a PD port can supply, what voltages a device requires to be able to charge, what amperages each one is capable of handling, if the cable is capable of data, what data rates are supported, if a port can output video, which standards it can output in, and on and on and on. Instead of coming with the labeling genius that is USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 (pop quiz, is that better/worse/compatible with USB 4 3x1?), a marking scheme for capabilities would have been nice.
- tzs 5y agoWhat would be really helpful is a doohickey that you can plug into a USB-C/TB port and it tries to negotiate all power options and data speeds and video modes, and then tells you which ones that port supports. Add another doohickey, or incorporate it into the first, that has two ports. You plug a cable into both, and it tells you what the cable supports.
- minikites 5y agoHow is all that an improvement over separate cable and port shapes?