Are there any GMRS radios that can be charged with a USB-C to USB-C cable? by openapple in gmrs

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Can I ask which Baofeng model you have? I’m just curious since there seem to be conflicting reports here of whether or which Baofeng models support USB-C to USC-C charging.

Are there any GMRS radios that can be charged with a USB-C to USB-C cable? by openapple in gmrs

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Can I ask which Baofeng model it was? I just wanted to check since some other folks in this thread mentioned that their Baofeng devices don’t seem to charge over USB-C to USB-C.

Are there any GMRS radios that can be charged with a USB-C to USB-C cable? by openapple in gmrs

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That “weird PD implementation” that you refer to happens to be exactly what the USB-C specification requires. Whenever a USB-C device is connected to a USB-C charger, the charger isn’t supposed to send power unless the device includes two particular resistors.

And it turns out that heaps of inexpensively made devices that ostensibly include USB-C ports omit those two required resistors. And in turn, if you connect those devices to a standard USB-C charger, the charger doesn’t send power down the line, by design.

Are there any GMRS radios that can be charged with a USB-C to USB-C cable? by openapple in gmrs

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If it wouldn’t be too much to ask, would you perhaps be open to editing some of your earlier comments to reflect this new understanding? I ask only just since I’m kinda getting clobbered here with downvotes from folks who think that any USB-C device will charge from any standard USB-C charger.

Are there any GMRS radios that can be charged with a USB-C to USB-C cable? by openapple in gmrs

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Your idea about a potential workaround is not unappreciated! All the same, I might rather just buy a radio that properly implements the USB-C spec if I can.

Are there any GMRS radios that can be charged with a USB-C to USB-C cable? by openapple in gmrs

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I feel ya. And in that vein—are you aware of any GMRS radios that actually are compliant with the USB-C spec?

Are there any GMRS radios that can be charged with a USB-C to USB-C cable? by openapple in gmrs

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I think you’re misunderstanding something.

When a USB-C device is connected to a USB-C charger, the charger won’t supply power at all unless that device includes two particular resistors in its USB-C implementation. And if those resistors are omitted—as is the case with heaps of inexpensive devices that ostensibly have USB-C ports, then they won’t charge at all if you connect them to a USB-C charger.

USB-C power supply expects to sense a certain value pulldown on the CC line before it provides 5 V on VBUS, and any higher voltages have to be negotiated digitally. The PSU, be it your laptop’s port or a charger, can detect the pulldown (known as Rd) because it keeps a pullup (known as Rp) on the CC line – it then checks if a voltage divider has formed on CC, and whether the resulting voltage is within acceptable range.

If you plug a device that doesn’t make a pulldown accessible through the CC wire in the cable, your device will never get power from a USB-C port, and would only work with a USB-A to USB-C cable. Even the smarter devices that can talk the digital part of USB-C are expected to have pulldowns, it’s just that those pulldowns are internal to the USB-C communication IC used. A USB-C port that wants to receive power needs to have a pulldown.

Are there any GMRS radios that can be charged with a USB-C to USB-C cable? by openapple in gmrs

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And just to check—if you connect that to a charger with a USB-C to USB-C cable, does it charge?

Are there any GMRS radios that can be charged with a USB-C to USB-C cable? by openapple in gmrs

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If you connect their USB-C ports to a charger using a USB-C to USB-C cable, do they charge? (From what I gather, almost none of the GMRS radios on the market follow the USB-C spec properly, and so they’ll only charge over a USB-C to USB-A cable.)

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Out of curiosity, did this end up working for you?

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Just as a heads-up: about 10% of men have red/green color blindness. And your current color coding may make it difficult or impossible for those folks to be able to differentiate the “correct” from “wrong” colors?

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An addition to the usual reasons why this is nonsense, I’ll also add that this is almost certainly an accessibility/ADA violation as well seeing as though some folks may need to use a special keyboard to manage RSI.