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Banish the barrel connector charging and embrace USB-C charging. #117

Open Shickmo opened 4 years ago

Shickmo commented 4 years ago

Why/User Benefit/User Problem

Not taking full advance of a USB-C charging solution on at least some devices that could easily be powered by one.

Description of the feature

USB-C definitely seems to be where a lot of the charging is going, especially on sub 100w, ac/adapters. If you could move in that direction and provide some connectivity options around that would fantastic.

I realize that over 100w things get tougher when trying to use USB-C. However, check out this dock from HP, https://store.hp.com/us/en/pdp/hp-thunderbolt-dock-g2-with-combo-cable, that dock would be more then powerful enough to charge my Oryx Pro (Gen 3) with 30w to spare and would provide me a single docking solution to utilize with my Oryx, which would be amazing! That HP dock's cable is user removable with one screw so that replacement cables could be ordered. So basically you could use some barrel connector / USB-C shenanigans if you so wished :) .

Carreau commented 4 years ago

Duplicate of #9