100W cables, which are required to have e-marker chips, tend to have problems with devices with crappy non-compliant USB-C implementations. For example, early Raspberry Pi 4 units wouldn't work with e-marked cables. My Fiio BTR3 also doesn't detect them at all. Regular 3A USB 2.0 non-e-marked cables always work just fine. 5 days ago · Once you have chosen the right cable and adapter, plug one end of the cable into your laptop’s USB-C port and insert the other end into the power adapter. Then, plug in the power adapter into an electrical outlet or a USB port on another device like a power bank or docking station. The cables listed below are available to buy now here: 3.1 USB-A to USB-C Cable 3.0 USB-C to USB-A Adapter 2.0 USB-C to Micro USB Charge Cable 2.0 USB-A to USB-C Charge Cable If you're not sure exactly which one you need, click here to use our Cable Finder Tool. Last, check that USB-C cables can handle the power you need. Higher-end laptops can draw 100 watts of power, a top rating for USB-C cables, but USB-C is being expanded with 240-watt charging The USB Type-C phone may be specced for 3 amps of power, while the laptop's USB port, like most Type A chargers, can deliver only 2 amps or less. With a 56K Ohm resistor and the right components It's been a bit of a mess of cables on my desk and I've needed to "hotswap" the USB-C cable of the docking station between computers. The issues with this: Inconvenient to constantly swap USB-C cable. One computer is always dying, unless I use the power adapters. If I use the power adapters, they have to be accessible so I can bring my laptop Every USB cable can transfer data AND power. Whether the equipment on either end sends/receives data or only uses power from the cable depends on the equipment. Not on the cable itself. A typical (wired) USB keyboard gets data AND power from USB. Data for the keystrokes (and maybe firmware updates or led-controls on a gaming keyboard go the Plug the USB-C power adapter into the wall outlet, connect the USB-C to MagSafe 3 Cable to the adapter and to your Mac, then try charging again. If the indicator light continues to flash repeatedly, contact Apple. Charge with USB-C. Plug the power adapter into a power outlet. Plug one end of the USB-C cable into the power adapter. That will allow it to accept a USB-C power cable, which will plug into your future phone or computer. Many Android phones and computers already use USB-C power cables — so continue to buy those FWIW, I just tried using a lighting to USB Type-C sync and charging cable to connect my iPhone to the type-C port on my Qudelix 5K DAC. It doesn't work. The iPhone doesn't recognize that the device is connected. It works perfectly if I use my 3rd-party camera connector and plug the DAC in to it using a type-C to type-A connector. b6Aw3.