USB-C PD: New Technology Done Right
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There is a tendency as we get older, to retreat into an instinctive suspicion of anything new or associated with young people. All of us will know older people who have fallen down this rabbit hole…

I wanted to share this opinion on Hackaday about a topic that is the usefulness of a something that has become ubiquitous relatively fast.

This techonolgyy has a lot of potential, what do you think?

  • @deegeese@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    7•5 months ago

    We did. It’s called USB-C and my house has outlets with AC/USB-C combo.

    You want another standard?

    • @AA5B@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1•5 months ago

      More importantly, standards do change. Many of us did the same with USB-A, now a few years later we can update to USB-C by replacing outlets cheaply.

      Can you imagine having to replace both the outlets for a new connector and a house-sized converter for new power profiles? So expensive and likely turns a simple DIY project into calling an electrician

    • @frezik@midwest.socialEnglish
      1•5 months ago

      PoE would be that standard, since it’s 48V already and can run all over the house. However, we don’t actually save anything in terms of efficiency by having everything be DC.