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Doesn't it make more sense to have that at the power source end (charger) rather than the power sink (device)? After all, most devices are pretty dumb, and us
by exmadscientist 4y ago
Doesn't it make more sense to have that at the power source end (charger) rather than the power sink (device)?
After all, most devices are pretty dumb, and us device designers like it that way. As long as it's optional (meaning I don't have to buy it, because I personally will never use it), go ahead and make the chargers as complicated as you please.
- donw 4y agoPoint! You'd want some type of aggregation protocol, so that power-distribution devices can send more granular data up the chain, but yeah, it'd make more sense to build this into said devices: outlets, power strips, chargers, and so on.
- rektide 4y agoI too rather want smart chargers, intend to go build some. I was planning on using wifi (or perhaps bluetooth, via Zephyr IoT, but that seems harder right now). HomePlug would have been kind of exotic to weave in.
- squarefoot 4y ago> Doesn't it make more sense to have that at the power source end (charger) rather than the power sink (device)? I would prefer having a separate meter, so that I can place it first at the power source, then at the cable end, to know if a malfunctioning device could be the result of a flimsy cable producing a significant voltage drop. This is a very common scenario when using dubious quality cables.