USB Type-C Next Generation Connector Design Revealed
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Meet the new and improved USB 3.1 Type-C connector.
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JQB45
April 2, 2014 10:55:47 AM
David Dewis
April 2, 2014 11:34:27 AM
The EU has passed a law stating all phones (including Apple) must use the same charging cable by 2016 (i think). I heard Apple, Samsung, Nokia, HTC.etc were taking part in the design process as well. I wonder if this is the design that will be used, it being reversible being the key thing Apple was pushing for, or whether we will see a proprietary USB phone connection
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SirKnobsworth
April 2, 2014 11:35:35 AM
David Dewis said:
The EU has passed a law stating all phones (including Apple) must use the same charging cable by 2016 (i think). I heard Apple, Samsung, Nokia, HTC.etc were taking part in the design process as well. I wonder if this is the design that will be usedThe last thing I remember reading about it is that micro-B was supposed to be the EU standard for low-power mobile device supplies/chargers. This is not a major problem for USB-C since there will be standard adapters and cables to convert between USB-C and A/B/micro-B. (USB-C is backward-compatible with USB1/2/3 through adapters and cables with built-in adapters.)
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kenh536
April 2, 2014 12:10:49 PM
This will open the door for competing standards. The one thing USB had going for it was backwards compatibility due to the physical connector not being changed. Now that is going away, it will be interesting to see how motherboard manufacturers react. Will certain motherboard manufacturers go exclusively with one standard vs. another?
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doomtomb
April 2, 2014 1:24:55 PM
Interesting to see. I wonder how this vs Thunderbolt will shake up. I don't get why we aren't pushing harder for a universal cable/connector standard. Imagine it, all information these days is digital minus analog audio. All these things are just bits sent down lanes of highway. Make a robust enough connector cable to handle the bandwidth and assignable protocol and ur set for years
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jasonelmore
April 2, 2014 2:43:58 PM
wombler
April 2, 2014 2:56:05 PM
coolitic
April 2, 2014 3:41:19 PM
vern72
April 2, 2014 4:19:19 PM
David Dewis
April 2, 2014 4:46:13 PM
InvalidError said:
David Dewis said:
The EU has passed a law stating all phones (including Apple) must use the same charging cable by 2016 (i think). I heard Apple, Samsung, Nokia, HTC.etc were taking part in the design process as well. I wonder if this is the design that will be usedThe last thing I remember reading about it is that micro-B was supposed to be the EU standard for low-power mobile device supplies/chargers. This is not a major problem for USB-C since there will be standard adapters and cables to convert between USB-C and A/B/micro-B. (USB-C is backward-compatible with USB1/2/3 through adapters and cables with built-in adapters.)
I'm pretty sure it's not USB micro B. Apple made a big fuss about going back to non reversible cables (which I agree with) and I believe the other big companies agreed. I'm pretty sure they were designing a new standard altogether.
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nukemaster said:
That is only 25 watts
5A @ 5V is only the new baseline spec.
The high-power USB specification has provisions to let devices request 12V and 20V if available instead of the default 5V, allowing the power spec to stretch all the way up to 100W. It is intended to replace the countless laptop and other medium-power devices' proprietary external power bricks.
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20 volts will require a boost regulator(thus more cost and board space). These types of things made firewire more expensive.
Charging a notebook off usb would be great however.
My main commend was just about 25 watts(as in 5 amps @ 120 volts vs 5 amps @ 5volts. some users may not know the actual relation of watts to amps) is not LOTS of power, it is a huge bump from the 2.5 watts usb 2.0 has for most devices.
Charging a notebook off usb would be great however.
My main commend was just about 25 watts(as in 5 amps @ 120 volts vs 5 amps @ 5volts. some users may not know the actual relation of watts to amps) is not LOTS of power, it is a huge bump from the 2.5 watts usb 2.0 has for most devices.
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TechieNewbie
April 2, 2014 7:31:22 PM
"Reversible plug orientation & cable direction" Finally the days of reaching around my desktop to plug in a USB only to fail, then reorient the device only to fail, then finally reorient the device back to the original position and successfully plug it in are over. I will, however, miss the original four-dimensional design of USB ports.
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alextheblue
April 2, 2014 8:14:12 PM
dcompart
April 2, 2014 8:15:19 PM
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This thing had better not be as fragile as the similarly sized micro-usb cable...Score
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CaptAli
April 2, 2014 9:07:54 PM
boytitan2
April 2, 2014 11:03:13 PM
belardo
April 3, 2014 12:15:44 AM
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This will open the door for competing standards. The one thing USB had going for it was backwards compatibility due to the physical connector not being changed. Now that is going away, it will be interesting to see how motherboard manufacturers react. Will certain motherboard manufacturers go exclusively with one standard vs. another?Score
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jbrandt5
April 3, 2014 7:19:07 AM
jn77
April 3, 2014 8:23:36 AM
jn77 said:
I never liked the regular micro usb, but these USB 3.0 "b" type connectors on the latest samsung devices are pretty solid.Bigger connectors tend to be more solid. But big connectors on small mobile devices are not popular so most manufacturers including a bunch of models from Samsung are omitting the USB3 micro-B kludge.
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belardo said:
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This will open the door for competing standards. The one thing USB had going for it was backwards compatibility due to the physical connector not being changed. Now that is going away, it will be interesting to see how motherboard manufacturers react. Will certain motherboard manufacturers go exclusively with one standard vs. another?Ya, everyone loves buying adapters, heh.... Of course there will be one for 3.1 to 3.0/2.0 devices. It may not be able to provide all the 3.1 benefits but will make your 3.0 and 2.0 devices work. Point being, if Type A is going away, this will create space for others like Thunderbolt/Firewire to get standard native ports on motherboards.
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tntom
April 3, 2014 11:12:57 AM
David Dewis
April 4, 2014 9:49:39 AM
tntom said:
I am not an Apple fan but my wife bought an iPad Air and the lightening connector is far superior to Micro USB. Those photos do not look to be as good as the lightening connector with its external contacts.I have to agree. I hope Apple make it an open standard like they did when they released Mini display port. It would be the best solution in my mind, although i would prefer that it was upgraded to USB 3 at the other end, as USB 2 seems kinda slow in comparison.
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Shadouness
June 12, 2014 5:21:14 AM
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