Proper USB-C charging requires no active circuitry. You need a pull-down resistor on both CC lines. Not just one, or your thing only charges if the USB C cable

Proper USB-C charging requires no active circuitry. You need a pull-down resistor on both CC lines. Not just one, or your thing only charges if the USB C cable is rotated the right way up. As mentioned, the requisite resistors are less than one cent each in quantity.