Meet the World's First Truly Universal Cable - Scientific American
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Meet the World's First Truly Universal Cable - Scientific American
'... The new cable, called USB Type-C (or USB-C), is the same on both ends, so you never have to fiddle with it. The connector is also identical on both sides—there's no upside down.
USB-C can replace four different jacks on your gadget: data, video, power and, soon, audio. That's right: A single connector can handle flash drives, hard drives, screens, projectors, charging and headphones (simultaneously, if you have a splitter). Yet the connector is tiny enough for phones and tablets and sturdy enough for laptops and PCs.
Every device from every brand can use the same cable. You can use the charger from my Google phone to charge your Apple laptop or someone else's Microsoft tablet. No more drawers full of mismatched power bricks.
In other words, USB-C represents the dawning of the universal cable.
...'
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/meet-the-world-s-first-truly-universal-cable/
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/meet-the-world-s-first-truly-universal-cable/
Meet the World's First Truly Universal Cable - Scientific American
'... The new cable, called USB Type-C (or USB-C), is the same on both ends, so you never have to fiddle with it. The connector is also identical on both sides—there's no upside down.
USB-C can replace four different jacks on your gadget: data, video, power and, soon, audio. That's right: A single connector can handle flash drives, hard drives, screens, projectors, charging and headphones (simultaneously, if you have a splitter). Yet the connector is tiny enough for phones and tablets and sturdy enough for laptops and PCs.
Every device from every brand can use the same cable. You can use the charger from my Google phone to charge your Apple laptop or someone else's Microsoft tablet. No more drawers full of mismatched power bricks.
In other words, USB-C represents the dawning of the universal cable.
...'
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/meet-the-world-s-first-truly-universal-cable/
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/meet-the-world-s-first-truly-universal-cable/
Caveat emptor: That article makes no mention of the dangers cheap non-conformant but pluggable USB-C cables pose to electronic devices that may suffer from drawing too much power.
ReplyDeletehttp://gizmodo.com/cheap-usb-c-cables-could-kill-your-phone-or-laptop-1757115350
http://www.howtogeek.com/240777/watch-out-how-to-buy-a-usb-type-c-cable-that-wont-damage-your-devices/
And when it reaches majority market penetration, which will take years, no doubt there will be a tangible necessity to migrate to USB-D.
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