Re:EU Passes Law to Switch iPhone to USB-C by End of 2024
by gumby on Tuesday October 04, 2022 @09:15AM
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It mandates Type C plug and receptacle and the use of PD. PD 3.0 doesn’t require so many modes, and since there isn’t much choice in chipsets things should work OK as long as the brick provides adequate power.
I do wish there were type C USB condoms that passed PD only but they are hard to build.
EU previously required USB mini A, and permit wireless (which isn’t completely standardized) so I wouldn’t worry about the “30 years” problem, though it’s a good problem to have: IEC 60320 is over 50 years old: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEC_60320
Read the directive for yourself: https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/popups/ficheproc...
I do wish there were type C USB condoms that passed PD only but they are hard to build.
EU previously required USB mini A, and permit wireless (which isn’t completely standardized) so I wouldn’t worry about the “30 years” problem, though it’s a good problem to have: IEC 60320 is over 50 years old: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEC_60320