This was fascinating! Highly recommended reading (though, also depressing, because all the usb C accessories I just bought for my new nexus 6p phone are going to get binned - I already threw out the packaging so can't return)
On Wed, May 18, 2016 at 2:30 PM, John Meissen <j...@meissen.org> wrote: > USB-C cables can be tricky. If you ever intend to get anything using one I > recommend you read Benson Leung's reviews: > > https://plus.google.com/u/0/collection/s0Inv > > In fact, I would recommend reading them anyway. A bad cable can damage your > equipment. > > john- > > gen...@gmail.com said: > > > > My understanding is that while they will all be usable to some extent, > > there are differences in cabling that actually matter for transfer speed > or > > power transfer: > > > > USB3 cables are in some way physically different and enable much higher > > transfer speed: > > > http://www.howtogeek.com/222400/do-usb-3.0-connections-require-usb-3.0-cables/ > > > > Fast-charge-capable usb cables with Type C (there is no upside down to > the > > plugs - symmetrical) have some special sauce that allows for fast > > charging. I don't claim to understand how after a lot of reading, but it > > seems like some are better than others (eg, charging is faster with one > > cable than with another, measured in some way that struck me as > > "sufficiently scientific for my belief-needs") > > > > > > > > On Wed, May 18, 2016 at 2:01 PM, Rich Shepard <rshep...@appl-ecosys.com> > > wrote: > > > > > On Wed, 18 May 2016, Aaron Burt wrote: > > > > > > > Yep, that's the idear. > > > > > > I thunk so, Aaron. Thanks. > > > > > > > And you can get 'em from at the dollar store. > > > > > > Really?? I'll have to check this out at the local one. Guess they're > > > now a > > > commodity and used for cell phones, too. > > > > > > Rich > > > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
