On 29/05/15 11:10, Simon263 wrote:


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USB#USB_type-C


"Full-featured USB type-C cables are active, electronically marked
cables that contain a chip with an ID function based on the
configuration data channel and vendor-defined messages (VDMs) from the
USB Power Delivery 2.0 specification. "

Hang on - is this the same stupid ******** that stops me powering my
Dell laptop from a generic PSU?

In which case, seems like a total own goal - you need to carry the
device and its lead (not any lead) as well as the generic but beefy
enough for everything PSU?

or is this always going to work:

"or they can support the full Power Delivery specification using both
BMC-coded configuration line and legacy BFSK-coded VBUS line."