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Offline sintax69Topic starter

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Usb C power supply
« on: July 29, 2018, 01:19:52 am »
Does any one have information on how USB C works.
I see it supplys 5v 12v 20v and I just wanted to know how this is all done

Is it possible to us usb c to supply my ts100 iron using a adaptor cable and also supply a DP30V5A power supply. Just tryinbg to reduce the amount of power bricks under the desk
 

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Re: Usb C power supply
« Reply #1 on: July 29, 2018, 04:22:41 am »
 Belive TS100 uab is data only, but you could feed any DC between the required ranges to the DC jack.

TS80 is the newer (?) which power via a USB C port but most USB supplies are quite wimpy for soldering, compared to the 24V 4A used in many cases... The extra power really helps while soldering big planes so be aware.

JS

If I don't know how it works, I prefer not to turn it on.
 

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Re: Usb C power supply
« Reply #2 on: July 31, 2018, 06:17:45 am »
What I was thinking  was to cut a usb c able and use a 5.5mm DC jack into the back of the ts100 then that going to usb c plug which then plugs into a usb power supply
 

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Re: Usb C power supply
« Reply #3 on: October 07, 2018, 12:22:08 pm »
Hi

The voltage selection of USB PD (Power Delivery) used with the Type-C connectors works based on a rather complicated data protocol.
USB PD PSUs only supply the default 5V until the "consumer" device negotiates a transition to a different mode with a higher voltage.

If You have a suitable USB PD power supply and You want to power your TS100 from it using for example the 20V mode, then You will need a module with a USB PD controller which will do the "consumer" side negotiations to get the supply to the 20V mode.
In fact, the MCU used in the TS100 is capable of providing a USB PD interface and acting as the controller, but obviously the TS100 does not have the required connections and connectors for that.
It would be interesting to see if anyone can hack the TS100, add a Type-C socket and run it on the USB PD 20V mode...

The TS80 does that by itself, and requests the 9V mode from the PSU.

Erik
 


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