Comment on Realized 99% of all my chargers are USB-C. This can only mean one thing. New USB bout to drop!

• Trainguyrom@reddthat.com ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I’ve got a chinesium rechargable battery/tire inflator which only charges when plugged into some chargers because it clearly doesn’t support USB-PD

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• MisterFrog@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I’m glad I watched some video on this I vaguely recalled, as I may have accidentally thrown a shaver away because it wasn’t charging…

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• vaionko@sopuli.xyz ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  This is stupid. It’s around 0.3 cents worth of components to make it work properly.

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  • DirtPuddleMisfortune@feddit.org ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    That’s 0.3 cents less profit for the corporate overlords.

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  • Hoimo@ani.social ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    The hard part is getting the 10 IQ points to follow the specs properly when designing the components.

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• iamnotme@feddit.uk ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I bought a cheap ish keyboard that would only charge with USB A - USB C cable that came with it. Nothing else worked.

  My son lost the cable and that keyboard is now junk.

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  • Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Have you tried another USB-A to USB-C cable?

    Those cables are cheap that it’s maybe worth a try, IMHO.

    If I remember it correctly the only thing any USB-A to USB-C adaptor has to have to properly allow backwards compatibility is 2 resistors, which are stupidly cheap components (yeah, it will never be able to support things like USB PD charging - which can do all the way up to 100W - but it should still handle about 4.5W A from a USB Host device and up to 15W from a dumb charger, which should be more than enough for a wireless keyboard).

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    • iamnotme@feddit.uk ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I’ll have another look online. The ones I had didn’t work but it’s worth another shot I guess. I’ve got another keyboard now, but it’s useful to have a working backup.

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• boonhet@sopuli.xyz ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Man I’ve nearly thrown things away because of this. Things where I would’ve been too lazy to pursue a warranty claim, but still pissed that they didn’t work.

  Try multiple chargers and cables and it just won’t charge. Try USB-A brick with A to C cable and it starts charging. Fucking hell.

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• frank_exchange_of_views@sh.itjust.works ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  There is a special place in hell for those fuckers

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