tetris11@lemmy.ml to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 month agoHow much of a game changer was USB-C for you, compared to other cables?message-squaremessage-square159fedilinkarrow-up1136arrow-down16
arrow-up1130arrow-down1message-squareHow much of a game changer was USB-C for you, compared to other cables?tetris11@lemmy.ml to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 month agomessage-square159fedilink
minus-squareiii@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month ago12 in USB-C (1). 4 in previous USB specs. (2). If the device just needed power, no data transfer, you would just use 2 of those 4.
minus-squaretetris11@lemmy.mlOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agoOh wow, yeah that must indeed be a pain to solder. Though I guess there’s some redundancy built-in, such that if one wire goes down the cable can still deliver something?
minus-squareiii@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 month ago Though I guess there’s some redundancy built-in, such that if one wire goes down the cable can still deliver something? You guessed wrong! If one is misconnected the whole thing breaks down :)
12 in USB-C (1).
4 in previous USB specs. (2). If the device just needed power, no data transfer, you would just use 2 of those 4.
Oh wow, yeah that must indeed be a pain to solder. Though I guess there’s some redundancy built-in, such that if one wire goes down the cable can still deliver something?
You guessed wrong! If one is misconnected the whole thing breaks down :)