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Re:Byte Mini PC Powered by AMD – Get notified when available by PietKachelhout on Tuesday April 04, 2023 @04:41PM (#35445607)
Using USB-C for power is great! Smaller power supplies and no more non-standard connectors that are hard to replace.
Re:Byte Mini PC Powered by AMD – Get notified when available by usrusr on Tuesday April 04, 2023 @04:52PM (#35445716)
True. If you have to sell with a cheap single voltage power adapter (instead of selling either completely without or with a more expensive USB PD one), you should at least have both inputs, the custom DC socket for your cheap wall-wart and a USB PD client for when the user wants to slim down the size of their power adapter zoo.
Re:Byte Mini PC Powered by AMD – Get notified when available by kiwijamo on Tuesday April 04, 2023 @05:51PM (#35446328)
That's why I'm surprised they only include one USB-C port. If you use that for power input can't use it for anything else. I expect machines released in 2023 to have at least two especially if it supports USB-C power input.