Too many cables getting tangled up and creating a mess? Whether it's your desk or bedside table, this magnetic cable presents ...

The group overseeing the development of USB standards released the technical specifications for the USB 3.1 Type-C connector, which will eventually replace the various types of USB connectors on the ...

USB-C ports handle a lot of wear over the life of a device. It turns out the average lifespan is longer than most people give ...

USB Device Tree Viewer showed me why identical USB-C cables behave differently.

Rejoice! The boffins in charge of USB standards appear to have settled on a design for the much-anticipated USB 3.1 Type C connector. For starters, there’s no “right way up” – that alone will trigger ...

Before USB standardized how we connect devices, computers were a tangle of incompatible ports. Here are the ones that USB ...

The USB Promoter Group announced today that it has finalized the design of the USB Type-C plug, a new type of USB plug that’s designed to completely replace every size of all current USB connectors.

If the connector is just soldered to the board, with no other support, then that's a Dell problem. A similar issue plagues Microsoft's Xbox One controllers - the micro USB port on the controller is ...

USB-C and other high-speed protocols can push data to warp speeds. Here’s how to make the most of the current standards and what lies ahead. Now that you’re used to seeing co-workers, family, and ...

There’s two cases when hackers have to think about USB-C connector mechanics. The first is when a USB-C connector physically breaks, and the second is when we need to put a connector on our own board.

USB cables may look the same and serve the same basic functions, but some will support fast charging and others won't. Here's how to tell them apart.

Discount (or even grey market) electronics can be economical ways to get a job done, but one usually pays in other ways. [Majenko] ran into this when a need to capture some HDMI video output ended up ...