• @iii@mander.xyz
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    36 days 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.

    • @tetris11@lemmy.mlOP
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      26 days 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?

      • @iii@mander.xyz
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        6 days 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 :) It’s a nightmare for repairability, as the plug is often the first thing to fail