To add our USB power port, we'll steal some DC voltage from the clock. We are going to run power through a LM 7805 voltage regulator to take it down to 5 volts. Adding a 220uF capacitor between the ...

Ok I just got my brand new coolermaster 210 and Gigabyte GA-8IEX.<BR><BR>The Gigabyte has 2 USB 1.x connectors on the front and the gigabyte motherboard only has USB 2.0 connections.<BR><BR>In both ...

There’s two cases when hackers have to think about USB-C connector mechanics. The first is when a USB-C connector physically breaks, and the second is when we need to put a connector on our own board.

This is a follow-up to this thread: https://arstechnica.com/civis/threa...-polarity-of-this-laptop-barrel-jack.1491071/tl;dr I have a laptop but no charger, and I'm ...

Building a PC isn’t easy for everyone, but if you’re someone who’s planning on doing it soon or just a PC enthusiast who’s passionate about PCMR, then this is the perfect blog for you. In this column, ...

To identify the specific USB ports and connectors on your devices, you can simply look at their shape and color, or check ...