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		userbinator 4 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: J-Link Compact USB-C Issues PoE has been around for longer, and while it doesn't go that high (90W --- but at much longer distances), it uses passive cables just fine.

fooblaster 4 months ago | [–]

POE is an quite expensive thing to implement on a board. Flyback transformers are essentially required to support the standard.

lxgr 4 months ago | [–]

At the cost of much higher complexity on each end. USB-C still supports completely passive old chargers and devices.

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