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by NavinF 596 days ago
The linked post shows why all that is unnecessary. Paralleling PSUs is so easy that people get it working by accident.

> You end up with an erosion of power balance

Unlike you, the guy powering his PC with two USB-C ports quantified how imbalanced it is. 65W+75W in his photo.

>tens of thousands of lines of if statements

Terrible example because that takes more work than the correct solution. btw the correct solution in this case involves FETs, not diodes. Look up "ideal diode circuit"