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It is a connector. None of the connectors inside a PC have those. They could add them to the circuitry on the PCB side of the connector, but that is entirely se
by ryao 1y ago
It is a connector. None of the connectors inside a PC have those. They could add them to the circuitry on the PCB side of the connector, but that is entirely separate from the connector.
That said, the industry seems to be moving to adding detection into the PSU, given seasonic’s announcement:
https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/power-supplies/seasonics-next-generation-prime-psus-to-will-try-to-stop-connectors-from-melting https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/power-supplies/se...
Finally, I think there is a simpler solution, which is to change the cable to use two large gauge wires instead of 12 individual ones to carry current. That would eliminate the need for balancing the wires in the first place.
- Gracana 1y agoPrevious well-designed video cards used the technologies I described. Eliminating the sense circuits and fusing is a recent development. I do like the idea of just using big wires. It’d be so much cleaner and simpler. Also using 24 or 48V would be nice, but that’d be an even bigger departure from current designs.
- ryao 1y ago> Previous well-designed video cards used the technologies I described. Eliminating the sense circuits and fusing is a recent development. My point is that the PCB is where such features would be present, not the connector. There are connectors that have fusing. The UK’s AC power plugs are examples of them. The connectors inside PCs are not.
- Gracana 1y agoOh, sure, I’m not proposing that the connector itself should have those features, rather that it shouldn’t be used without them present on the device.