I like carrying around one USBC to C cable for my devices, but I don’t want to carry around a USBC to A cable for other ports. Is there a dongle that takes a USBC cable and converts one end into USBA? I need it to support at least 15W.
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FYI essentially all adapters with a usb-c female connector are non-compliant.
When people talk about USB-C potentially damaging devices, it is because of non-compliant adapters, chargers, cables, etc.
So just keep in mind that while the risk may be minimal depending on your use-case, these adapters can be dangerous and risk damaging your devices.
FYI essentially all adapters with a usb-c female connector are non-compliant.
Can we take the word of a random internet stranger without even SOME context or explanation?
Here’s an article that mentions it
As a rule of thumb, most adapters with a female USB-C socket on them are non-compliant.
You can also look at the USB spec yourself
USB Type-C receptacle to USB legacy adapters are explicitly not defined or allowed. Such adapters would allow many invalid and potentially unsafe cable connections to be constructed by users.
USB A doesn’t have Power Delivery, the highest it can do is 15W for USB 3.2 and 4.5W for USB 3.1 and older.
But these dongles exist, I bought some and they work for charging (I haven’t tried to use them for data)
You can’t really get 15 watts from a USBA port, but this may be the adapter you want: https://www.adafruit.com/product/4175
Ugreen do this type of adapter
Seems there only in rose gold at the moment, I got a pair of silvers last year and they work exactly as you’d want them to work.
Syntech USB C Female to USB Male Adapter https://amzn.eu/d/gD9GVsX
