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Beware of cheap USB Type-C cables, warns Google engineer

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http://www.androidauthority.com/beware-of-cheap-usb-type-c-cables-653827/

 

The new USB C standard allows for a lot of power draw, compared to the old micro standard. Because of this, chargers that don't have the proper (read: more expensive) 56kΩ resistor can draw more current than old usb adapters or computer hosts can handle.

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So I can have all types of usb "flash drives" that shock your pc to death, yeaaaaay!

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PCPer and others talked about this a couple months ago. There isn't a proper defined USB Type-C but instead, many derivations of it, with different speeds, supported wattage, max throughput, distance, etc. A segmentation that is indeed bad for the market, but makes sense when you factor in costs.

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I assume the U in USB now stands for Undefined or Undecided because it clearly no longer stands for Universal.

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