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Re:USB-C was supposed to simplify our lives, but instead it’... by Gibbon1 on Thursday October 01, 2020 @02:52PM (#24654747)
Yeah anything that can drop 100W into a device absolutely needs to be under regulatory compliance.
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Re:USB-C was supposed to simplify our lives, but instead it’... by jsjohnst on Thursday October 01, 2020 @10:31PM (#24658189)
100W really isn’t that much power comparatively speaking to things that are currently regulated. The issue is the specific circumstances (tiny copper traces feeding into SMT components), not the fact that it’s 100W of power alone.
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