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15 July 2016

Are You Ready for Bluetooth 5?

Bluetooth logo
The Bluetooth Special Interest Group, which is the body that oversees the protocol's specification, doesn't stand still but rather continues to develop and improve Bluetooth technology. With an eye toward building an accessible and interoperable Internet of Things (IoT), the next version of the Bluetooth specification—Bluetooth 5—is slated to appear by early in 2017 and as soon as this fall.

08 July 2016

The Power Delivery 2.0 Protocol in Action

A high-level view of a PD 2.0 power  contract negotiation
Figure 1: A high-level view of a PD 2.0 power
contract negotiation
The Power Delivery 2.0 protocol brings a boatload of intelligence to the process of establishing power relationships between partners in a USB Type-C link. In previous posts, we've examined the basics of the two standards, the workings of USB Type-C cable detection, how dual-role port devices are handled, and PD 2.0 messaging. Next, let's look at PD 2.0 in action by deconstructing the initialization of a Google Chromebook laptop, which was one of the first Power Delivery devices on the market.