Custom Mainboard for PS2 Portable

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://hackaday.com/2026/05/13/custom-mainboard-for-ps2-portable/

Merkittävä muutos läppäreihin lähestyy: parin viikon päästä kannettavissa tietokoneissa on pakko olla tarjolla latausmahdollisuus USB-C:n kautta

Laki sallii myös valmistajan oman latausliittimen käytön USB-C:n rinnalla, mutta USB-C -latausta on pakko tukea 28.4. alkaen julkaistavissa uusissa läppäreissä.

https://dawn.fi/uutiset/2026/04/15/kannettava-tietokone-usb-c-lataus-pakollinen

#usbc #usbpd #euroopanunioni #kannettava #läppäri #uutiset #teknologia #tekniikka

If you buy things on #AliExpress, you are going to get scammed every so often. Their buyer protection program is pretty decent, although it can be a bit of a pain to go through the process.

You can increase your chances of getting scammed by buying things where the #deals are too good to be true. When the deals are ludicrously, impossibly good, your chances increase to 100%.

This can be fun. I have bought a few things over the years that were obviously #scams. Once, I spent a few hundred dollars for two tablets that, if they had been real, were selling for about one tenth of what they should have. Seeing how they faked them being new products, when they were actually recycled ancient low-end tablets, was fascinating.

But I generally won't do that. Instead, I buy cheap stuff, trading a few dollars for the fun of seeing what the seller/manufacturer have done. I don't even try to get my money back on these.

So I recently bought a #USB #charger that I've been seeing for months. It's described as a 240W total output, gallium-nitride, USB-PD and QC-3.0 compatible, five-port charger. The genuine article from a reputable manufacturer, if it exists, must cost over CDN $100. This one was ... five bucks.

So I knew it was going to be interesting. It arrived today. It weighed more than expected, but all at one end. The case appears to be ultrasonically welded, so getting it open is destructive.

1/x

#scam #USBPD #QC3 #Chinesium #fake #TooGoodToBeTrue #deal #deals #GaN

DIY Reflow Plate Runs On USB Power Delivery

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://hackaday.com/2026/03/18/diy-reflow-plate-runs-on-usb-power-delivery/

Saw an interesting USB-PD decoy device online. This one negotiates for 5A at 12V, so 60W total. Its form factor is just a short cable, with a USB-C plug on one end, and ... a 3.5mm socket on the other.

I see no possible way this could go wrong.

😆 🤦‍♂️ 🌩️ 🔥

#USB #USBPD #decoy #headphones #oops

I was testing a mini module (CKCS U1E 65w) for USB charging from a DC source to many USB C protocols.

I've noticed with "vooc" charge at 9v 3.3A the inductor's module is at 90°c
A bit high moreover if it has an enclosure as this one:
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:7172904

With this refurbished adhesive heat sink it falls at 60°c

#usbcpd #usbpd #supervooc #vooc #charging