For those who might not get it, every laptop that I’ve had has had two usb 3 ports on the right side, with other I/O like HDMI or headphone jack, and then one USB 2 port on the left side with less io, just the power jack.
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And if you want it to be USB A or HDMI for a day, you just swap ‘m out! More brands should do this.
I have a microcontroller project that doesn’t do well with USB C, so I unexpectedly had to swap a C port for an A port. It’s amazing that this is possible.
Interesting that that works haha. In the end it's still connecting to a USB C port.
It’s different because of how the pins are connected. C-to-A uses 4 or 5 pins (with or without id pin) out of 24 in total for USB C. My guess is that it negotiates differently in that scenario. I’m guessing those problematic USB C devices only connect those 4 or 5 pins and don’t properly “talk USB C”.
Ah that'd make sense