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by zwieback 2380 days ago
The current USB standards are great for small devices but for anything that requires more power it would be good to have something beefier, something less than the roughly 1500W a standard AC outlet provides but more than the current 15W or 20W of the typical USB port. 5V is just too low and requires a lot of compromise on the device side. I'd probably start with 12V or 24V to keep the current lower. I think there are newer USB ideas to provide something of that sort: https://www.digikey.com/en/articles/techzone/2017/mar/design...