USB-PD Stand-alone Adapter Board from Oxplot


https://www.electronics-lab.com/usb-pd-stand-alone-adapter-board-oxplot/

Modern devices are quickly switching to USB-C power adapters, gradually fading out USB-A, and USB-B adapters. USB’s Power Delivery (USB-PD) protocol enables the supplies to be  flexible enough to handle charging (or powering) devices ranging from mobile phones to laptops. There are many high quality 90-100 Watt USB-C power adapters available. But unfortunately, there are many […]

Display Adapter For HDMI To Type-C With DP And PD Function


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Main features Operating Voltage: 5V Output Voltage: 3.3V Power Supply: USB Type-A to DC 5.5mm Main Chip: lontium LT6711A This adapter is designed for: DM-DevKit-AR0701 This adapter can be used with HDMI interface computers, ipads, game consoles and other devices. The adapter is on sale for $79.99 on www.displaymodule.com

World’s smallest and most affordable 65W GaN Adapter for Laptops and Mobile Devices


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Though the sizes of laptops and mobile phones have become smaller and lighter over the years, that of power adapters have pretty much remained the same. They are still the same device we have always known them to be; bulky, messy and hard-to-carry-around. But the new GaNtechnology seeks to bring a revolution in the world […]

Sipeed Teases Tang Nano Sub-$5 FPGA Development Board with On-Board Programmer


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FPGA Boards have grown to become one of the “favorites” of the Embedded community. They feature in all kind of applications ranging from automation to DIY Applications, however, typical FPGA boards still cost way more than some other popular boards like the Arduino Microcontroller boards (even though performance is incomparable!). This keeps FPGA boards out […]

EFM8UB1 Breakout – DIP scale USB-MCU board


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This breakout board converts Silicon Labs’ EFM8UB1 (Universal Bee series) to DIP scale. You can use the USB Type-C cable directly connected. 300mil width DIP16 pin shape (substrate size 27.0 mm × 7.6 mm) EFM8UB10F16G-C (16kBytes flash, 2304Bytes RAM, Internal OSC) Development environment can be used free of charge PCB-Edge Type-C connector USB-CDC bootloader USB […]

Sm@rtDock 15 Touch is a 15″ 2-in-1 Laptop Dock for Samsung DeX Devices and Smartphones with a USB-C Port


https://www.electronics-lab.com/smrtdock-15-touch-15%e2%80%b3-2-1-laptop-dock-samsung-dex-devices-smartphones-usb-c-port/

Laptop Docks for smartphones are becoming quite the real deal. For those who are not yet familiar with them, the docks serve as hosts for turning smartphones into laptops. As their popularity grows, the market is awash with several types of laptop docks with some top performers like the NexDock 2 and AFAICR, both of […]

USB-C-PD Soldering Pen Is a Compact STM32-Powered Solution for Weller Tips


https://www.electronics-lab.com/usb-c-pd-soldering-pen-compact-stm32-powered-solution-weller-tips/

One of the most important actions in the development of any electronics device is soldering, irrespective of the method adopted, having the right tools to do it the right way is a major determinant of the speed and quality of the soldering process. Several soldering tools exist in the market with each aiming to solve […]

C-Duino: A DIY USB C Pro Micro Arduino


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C-Duino is an ATMEGA32U4 based micro controller that has the same pin-out at the Leonardo pro micro and a USB-C Port for power and data. by Stefan S There’s no real speed benefit for the C-Duino as it only communicates through D+ and D- pins, identical to the pro micro, but I don’t like having […]

Ant USB-C LiPo Charger on Tindie


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The USB-C has been around for quite a while, but there is still a lack of a miniature basic USB-C chargers for LiPo battery. I decided to make my own with as minimal footprint as possible, which resulted in being 13.5mm x 16mm. A well known MCP73831T-2ATI/MC is used as a battery charger in DFN […]

RaspberryPi 4B is not working with your USB-C charger?


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Tyler Ward shared detailed article about not working USB-C chargers with Raspberry Pi 4B. via time4ee.com The problem is in design of USB-C of Raspberry Pi. HW designers used only one pull-down resistor for both CCx pins. This solution is not complain with USB-C standard and in case you are using e-marked cable (what is […]