With the growing number of devices that most people use today, be it smartphones, smartwatches, laptops, wireless earbuds, and other gadgets, charging them quickly and efficiently becomes important.

USB power has become ubiquitous — everything from phones to laptops all use it — so why not your lab bench? This is what [EEEngineer4Ever] set out to do with the BenchVolt PD USB adjustable bench ...

With 60W of power and two USB Power Delivery ports, the Anker PowerPort Atom PD 2 is built to charge multiple USB-C gadgets at once. While it can't fully fast charge both a powerful laptop and ...

The USB Type-C connector and power delivery (PD) specification has brought radical changes to the mobile device industry, and USB Type-C PD 3.0 could optimize battery charging for portable devices.

Last time, we configured the FUSB302 to receive USB PD messages, and successfully received a “capability advertisement” message from a USB-C PSU. Now we crack the PD specification open, parse the ...

USB Power Delivery (USB-PD) now offers faster, more efficient, and more versatile power handling solutions. As we can all see, it’s an exciting advancement that significantly enhances the capabilities ...

The USB PD 3.0 spec was released in mid 2019 and the rollout of the technology takes time. Adapters purchased before 2020 may not have the spec, and thus, will not and cannot meet the charging ...

USB ports have quietly turned into the default power outlet for phones, laptops, headphones, and even monitors, but the wattage behind that familiar rectangle is far from uniform. Depending on the ...

It’s annoying that after you spend several hundred dollars on a smartphone, it doesn’t come with a charger. The good news is there are plenty of third-party options available. Even better, many of our ...