Post #569565
2026-02-16 06:43 UTC
Replies (7)
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@ireneista@adhd.irenes.space 2026-02-16 06:47
@tubetime ouch :(
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@grishka@friends.grishka.me 2026-02-16 07:02
Why did they choose to use specifically a USB plug though 🤔
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@NF6X@oldbytes.space 2026-02-16 07:02
@tubetime That is almost as evil as cables with USB type A male plugs at each end.
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@screambiogenesis@mastodon.social 2026-02-16 07:36
@tubetime I assume since you were forced to do it, you weren't in a place to say "yeah I fuckin' told you it would," either. Shame.
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@jesterchen@social.tchncs.de 2026-02-16 08:33
@tubetime Yep, one of these plugs killed my pack of batteries when I tried to charge them... Luckily I was still next to it, smelt the starting fire........ (It was the plug for a graphics tablet.)
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@static@aus.social 2026-02-18 00:36
@tubetime There are super cheap power bricks that just put 12V on the USB socket power pins. No PD at all.
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@brouhaha@mastodon.social 2026-03-07 16:31
@tubetime A client demanded that I use a USB-C connector for something that was not USB at all. I wanted to.put in stuff to negotiate a custom alternate mode, but it would have increased cost slightly. I did get them to allow adding the resistors to the device on the plug side to make it a "debug mode" device, though, and put the funny signals (3V CMOS logic levels) on the SBU (sideband) pins. The device on the jack side would detect that it was debug mode. 1/