this post was submitted on 28 Dec 2024
1116 points (99.2% liked)

Technology

60179 readers
2296 users here now

This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.

Our Rules

  1. Follow the lemmy.world rules.
  2. Only tech related content.
  3. Be excellent to each another!
  4. Mod approved content bots can post up to 10 articles per day.
  5. Threads asking for personal tech support may be deleted.
  6. Politics threads may be removed.
  7. No memes allowed as posts, OK to post as comments.
  8. Only approved bots from the list below, to ask if your bot can be added please contact us.
  9. Check for duplicates before posting, duplicates may be removed

Approved Bots

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
L3s@lemmy.world
L3s@fry.gs
L4s@fry.gs
L4s@lemmy.world
enu@lemmy.world
1116
EU law mandating universal chargers for devices comes into force (www.france24.com)
submitted 3 days ago by minyaen@lemmy.ml to c/technology@lemmy.world
274 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 

Suck it micro USB, mini USB, and lightning! 🪫🔋

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] Kazumara@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 3 days ago

cables and chargers are “active” in the sense they negotiate charge rates and other functionality

Just so you know "active cable" already has a separate meaning: They repeat the USB signals somewhere in the middle for a longer transmission distance.

I think the better idea is to pick up the terminology from the USB-IF, they speak of electronical marking, or e-markers in the cables. It's usually a small chip integrated in one of the plug assemblies.