• tetris11OP
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    2 hours ago

    Thats interesting - how many wires are in the actual sleeve, compared to an older USB?

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      2 hours ago

      12 in USB-C (1).

      4 in previous USB specs. (2). If the device just needed power, no data transfer, you would just use 2 of those 4.

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        41 minutes ago

        Oh wow, yeah that must indeed be a pain to solder. Though I guess there’s some redundancy built-in, such that if one wire goes down the cable can still deliver something?

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          31 minutes ago

          Though I guess there’s some redundancy built-in, such that if one wire goes down the cable can still deliver something?

          You guessed wrong! If one is misconnected the whole thing breaks down :)