Brief (6min) video by Jeff Geerling on a neat piece of gadgetry. It's essentially a universal barrel connector adapter kit, but uses USB-C instead of a standard wall plug. The barrels can be...
Brief (6min) video by Jeff Geerling on a neat piece of gadgetry. It's essentially a universal barrel connector adapter kit, but uses USB-C instead of a standard wall plug. The barrels can be swapped out, and the adapter can be programmed through a simple web app to change the voltage. Think it goes up 48V @ 5A.
Though my main concern would be the fact that the web app isn't local. What happens if the company stops supporting this thing? Or they go under? Or they get enshittified and start charging for access? I'd want to have the ability to change the adapter voltage locally.
Still might pick up this kit. Would be a nice tool to have around the house for my homelab shenanigans. I've definitely had to order a barrel connector AC adapter for a device, without even know if the device still worked!
I have a couple of adapters that go from usb to 9v and one to 12v with one of those two pin reversible multi barrel jack ends. Used primarily for old synth modules. They work well enough and don’t...
I have a couple of adapters that go from usb to 9v and one to 12v with one of those two pin reversible multi barrel jack ends. Used primarily for old synth modules. They work well enough and don’t suffer the same risk of death by service.
Brief (6min) video by Jeff Geerling on a neat piece of gadgetry. It's essentially a universal barrel connector adapter kit, but uses USB-C instead of a standard wall plug. The barrels can be swapped out, and the adapter can be programmed through a simple web app to change the voltage. Think it goes up 48V @ 5A.
Though my main concern would be the fact that the web app isn't local. What happens if the company stops supporting this thing? Or they go under? Or they get enshittified and start charging for access? I'd want to have the ability to change the adapter voltage locally.
Still might pick up this kit. Would be a nice tool to have around the house for my homelab shenanigans. I've definitely had to order a barrel connector AC adapter for a device, without even know if the device still worked!
Looks like there is also a Python based cli app they make available.
I have a couple of adapters that go from usb to 9v and one to 12v with one of those two pin reversible multi barrel jack ends. Used primarily for old synth modules. They work well enough and don’t suffer the same risk of death by service.
He said it uses Web Serial so probably not too difficult to reverse engineer the protocol if the page goes down