Exploring PD240W: Using USB Power Delivery as a Bench Supply Alternative

Exploring PD240W: Using USB Power Delivery as a Bench Supply Alternative

• Bulky bench power supplies and dedicated adapters are still common on electronics workbenches, but they are often inconvenient to carry around and overkill for many portable or f

Electronics & EE · February 25, 2026 (updated February 25, 2026) · 2 min · 302 words
ATABoy is an Open Source USB Bridge For Old IDE Drives

ATABoy is an Open Source USB Bridge For Old IDE Drives

• You can get an IDE to USB bridge from all the usual sources, but you may find those fail on the older drives in your collection- apparently they require drives using logical bloc

Probing a USB analog audio adapter

• How do engineers squeeze all the necessary circuitry (and what is it?) into one of these devices, and do so this inexpensively? • With the demise of analog audio line out, headph

Electronics & EE · February 23, 2026 (updated February 25, 2026) · 2 min · 386 words
Portable USB DVD writer with 2.5-inch SATA and SD card dock slashed by 30% to $21 - optical drive can read and write CDs at 24X, and DVDs at 8X

Portable USB DVD writer with 2.5-inch SATA and SD card dock slashed by 30% to $21 - optical drive can read and write CDs at 24X, and DVDs at 8X

• Portable USB DVD writer with 2.5-inch SATA and SD card dock slashed by 30% to $21 - optical drive can read and write CDs at 24X, and DVDs at 8X Portable access to your optical me

STMicroelectronics Releases USB PD Sink Controller With Hybrid Mode

• The new USB Power Delivery sink controller combines hardwired USB-PD operation with a patented hybrid mode to simplify full-feature USB-C sink designs with minimal firmware.

Electronics & EE · February 22, 2026 (updated February 23, 2026) · 1 min · 122 words
USB Driver For Google Tensor SoCs, UCSI Thunderbolt Alt Mode In Linux 7.0

USB Driver For Google Tensor SoCs, UCSI Thunderbolt Alt Mode In Linux 7.0

• USB Driver For Google Tensor SoCs, UCSI Thunderbolt Alt Mode In Linux 7.0 All of the Thunderbolt/USB driver changes were merged this week for the nearly-over Linux 7.0 merge wind

OS & Internals · February 20, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 2 min · 238 words

USB cable organizer Box tray #3DThursday #3DPrinting

• Gorilla24 shares: USB Cable & Charger Organizer - Elegant Design for Drawer or Cabinet Order meets style: This organizer brings system to your cable and charger collection. • The

Open Hardware · February 19, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 211 words
60W Pocket Cloud is a microSD card reader with USB PD passthrough for your smartphone (Crowdfunding)

60W Pocket Cloud is a microSD card reader with USB PD passthrough for your smartphone (Crowdfunding)

• 60W Pocket Cloud is a microSD card reader with 60W USB PD passthrough for your smartphone that works with Android (USB-C) and iOS (USB-C or Lightning) mobile devices, as well as

Open Hardware · February 17, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 2 min · 412 words

Turning an ESP32 into a thermal USB webcam

• Chris G on atomic14 turns an ESP32 into a real USB webcam with a real camera. • I also wanted to push things a bit further - I’ve got an I2C thermal camera module - why not turn

Open Hardware · February 16, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 2 min · 261 words
Display hub adds three more screens powered through single USB port

Display hub adds three more screens powered through single USB port

• Display hub adds three more screens powered through single USB port Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Reddit Flipboard Email For most of us, it’s hard to fit our workflows onto a single