Yeah but is the voltage correct? It should be 5V to charge a phone over USB, is that part of the VGA spec?
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Vinny_93@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
What did dude think was coming out of the VGA port? Tiny photographs? It’s all electricity through wires, of course it’ll send some electricity into a phone
TimeNaan@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
9point6@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Yeah I don’t think there’s a 5V pin for VGA.
I think if we had the scenario where we had a higher voltage than needed, we could have a toasty voltage regulator making something happen, but going the other way would need boost circuit unlikely to exist in these parts, in my understanding
brown567@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
There is! It’s pin #9
9point6@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Ah my memory failed me then! Thanks for the correction, I guess this is technically possible then!
Anivia@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
Doesn’t matter. The VGA to HDMI adapter is active, not passive, so it matters if HDMI has a 5v rail, not VGA
Fluffy_Ruffs@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
If, hypothetically, VGA didn’t have a 5v rail then how would power get from the monitor to the HDMI adapter. It would absolutely have to be a part of the spec.
Anivia@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
It doesn’t need to be 5v. An active adapter can have a buck converter.
In reality active HDMI adapters get powered by the HDMI device though, not the VGA monitor, so it’s a moot point anyways
knight_alva@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
If the vga/hdmi adapter is active then this abomination could actually pass display information provided you had a micro-usb device that supported display out over usb (idk if there is such a thing and if so it probably doesn’t work all that well but still)
SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I don’t know shit about cables but it’s plugged into a monitor. My intuition is that a monitor shouldn’t be pushing power out through a video input port.
pivot_root@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
DisplayPort has a +3.3V 500mA pin specifically for pushing power. In theory, great for powering an active adapter. In practice, has killed motherboards because Dell can’t design a computer for shit.
boonhet@sopuli.xyz 3 weeks ago
Friendly reminder that if you use a Dell charger on a HP, nothing happens but vice versa, you damage the motherboard. It kills a chip used for charging. Dell used the same size barrel jack, but they wired it differently from everyone.
VindictiveJudge@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
The monitor has to send some data to the computer to tell it what screen resolutions it accepts. VGA, HDMI, and DisplayPort will all do that for sure. Less certain about component, composite, and S-Video.
unknownuserunknownlocation@kbin.earth 3 weeks ago
Of course electricity comes out of a VGA port, but it's only a signal, I wouldn't assume that it's anywhere near enough to charge a phone.
brown567@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Pin #9 of the VGA spec is 5v, though it seems unusual that a monitor would provide power on that pin
ivanafterall@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Thank you, I call bullshit.
TheOakTree@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
Maybe somewhere in the chain, the 5V from pin 9 is being converted to 5V shared across power and the video signal. So even if this chain worked in carrying a video signal it could be very weak or distorted.
Purely a guess though.
outhouseperilous@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
The VGA port on a monitor is an input.
sundray@lemmus.org 3 weeks ago
It’s sending out the pixels, silly! A stream of little pixels in neat little rows.