alt Hacker NewsI disagree. 12 V is not that much for an adult when you put it on your tongue, but with today's ubiquitous technology in everything, a toddler that puts everything in his mouth, will lead to a lot of distress and fears. I prefer the existing 5V. I suspect you are young and still not a parent.
Also, as a hobbyist, you can pretty much get a cheap PC power supply and transform it in a very professional "every volt and power under the sun" power supply for your hobbies. That's what I did.
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This does not make sense as PD needs to negotiate with the device to get anything more than 5V. Putting random cables in your mouth won't result in getting 12V or even the 48V that PD can output.
> I disagree. 12 V is not that much for an adult when you put it on your tongue, but with today's ubiquitous technology in everything, a toddler that puts everything in his mouth, will lead to a lot of distress and fears. I prefer the existing 5V.
But PD not only already has 20V (or 19?) which can do everything 12V can, but I hear there's a new standard for going above 100W, which, presumably, works at an even higher voltage. Not sure how removing 12V specifically helps with the situation you describe.
This comment is incredibly rude and patronizing. Many young people are parents and many older people are not.
also that's not how USB-PD works...
>I prefer the existing 5V.
Guess what USB-C PD defaults to when you put in on your tongue. Low current 5V. ;)
Most PSUs will happily send 50-100 watt down the 5V line to anything that's connected including childrens tongues while usb-c will top out at 15W without negotiation
So maybe spare me the misinformed lecture about what is safe...