▲ 1202 ▼ Realized 99% of all my chargers are USB-C. This can only mean one thing. New USB bout to drop! (lemmy.dbzer0.com) submitted 1 year ago by Daft_ish@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world 292 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] iamnotme@feddit.uk 5 points 1 year ago (1 child) I bought a cheap ish keyboard that would only charge with USB A - USB C cable that came with it. Nothing else worked. My son lost the cable and that keyboard is now junk. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 year ago* (1 child) Have you tried another USB-A to USB-C cable? Those cables are cheap that it's maybe worth a try, IMHO. If I remember it correctly the only thing any USB-A to USB-C adaptor has to have to properly allow backwards compatibility is 2 resistors, which are stupidly cheap components (yeah, it will never be able to support things like USB PD charging - which can do all the way up to 100W - but it should still handle about 4.5W from a USB Host device and up to 15W from a dumb charger, which should be more than enough for a wireless keyboard). permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] iamnotme@feddit.uk 3 points 1 year ago I’ll have another look online. The ones I had didn’t work but it’s worth another shot I guess. I’ve got another keyboard now, but it’s useful to have a working backup. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 year ago* (1 child) Have you tried another USB-A to USB-C cable? Those cables are cheap that it's maybe worth a try, IMHO. If I remember it correctly the only thing any USB-A to USB-C adaptor has to have to properly allow backwards compatibility is 2 resistors, which are stupidly cheap components (yeah, it will never be able to support things like USB PD charging - which can do all the way up to 100W - but it should still handle about 4.5W from a USB Host device and up to 15W from a dumb charger, which should be more than enough for a wireless keyboard). permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] iamnotme@feddit.uk 3 points 1 year ago I’ll have another look online. The ones I had didn’t work but it’s worth another shot I guess. I’ve got another keyboard now, but it’s useful to have a working backup. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] iamnotme@feddit.uk 3 points 1 year ago I’ll have another look online. The ones I had didn’t work but it’s worth another shot I guess. I’ve got another keyboard now, but it’s useful to have a working backup. permalink fedilink source parent