Recent content by elcano

There is a lot of philosophy in this thread. If you are curious and lucky enough to have one these chargers, the only way to know the thruth is by finding a cheap microUSB cable, cutting it in the middle and using a multimeter to measure voltage (across the two wires and current (passing by one...

According to this press release: So, looks like the trick is increasing wattage by raising the voltage beyond the 5.0 USB standard. This is reasonable, as going beyond 2 Amps is pretty harsh on those tiny USB cables. That same article says that their reference chip can output 5, 9 and 12 volts...