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Reading the comments, apparently the Valve Index uses one of these chips. Supply is so bad nobody is selling this chip.
by teruakohatu 5y ago
Reading the comments, apparently the Valve Index uses one of these chips. Supply is so bad nobody is selling this chip.
- nrp 5y agoI posted this in the Hackaday comment thread as well: If I am not mistaken, Valve instigated the creation of this part as an element of the VirtualLink standard. This standard achieved four lanes of DisplayPort and USB 3.0 over a USB-C connector by reusing the USB 2.0 pins and using a USB 2 to USB 3 bridge. I was on the Oculus side of VirtualLink. It made sense as a standard and overcame some of the shortcomings of USB-C, but never really got off the ground.
- teruakohatu 5y agoYou sound like an expert, can I ask at what point does it make more sense to create a custom connector rather than a custom chip? Not creating a custom connector is how we ended up with the Nintendo Switch dock debacle, and to this day legions of Switch owners refuse to charge their switches with any random USB-C cable (despite it being perfectly OK).
- johnwalkr 5y agoWas there any actual problem besides 15V not being available on many chargers?
- teruakohatu 5y agoCertain aftermarket docks would destroy Switches in certain circumstances. The Switch had lower voltage requirements than a particular protocol specified.