Micro USB Vs. USB-C Ports: What's The Difference?

Two commonly used charging ports might look similar, but one offers more modern features and a future-proof design.
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I finally learned what those USB port colors mean — and I’ve been using the wrong ones all along

It's worth noting that USB colors are not strictly standardized across all brands and devices. A manufacturer could, in ...
Engadget

How-To: Add USB power to your alarm clock

To add our USB power port, we'll steal some DC voltage from the clock. We are going to run power through a LM 7805 voltage regulator to take it down to 5 volts. Adding a 220uF capacitor between the ...
Ars Technica

USB Front Pannel Connector to USB2.0 motherboard connection. Pinout/compatibility.

Ok I just got my brand new coolermaster 210 and Gigabyte GA-8IEX.<BR><BR>The Gigabyte has 2 USB 1.x connectors on the front and the gigabyte motherboard only has USB 2.0 connections.<BR><BR>In both ...
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Help me understand USB-C Vbus pinout - Can I use 12V without negotiation?

This is a follow-up to this thread: https://arstechnica.com/civis/threa...-polarity-of-this-laptop-barrel-jack.1491071/tl;dr I have a laptop but no charger, and I'm ...