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the u in usb stands for universal which

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is appropriate seeing as how usb devices are everywhere i mean you can even get a

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usb turret to shoot nerf projectiles at your irritating co-workers but one

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common annoyance is that there's been a plethora of usb connector types over the

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years making the experience not quite as universal as we'd like what's so special

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about usb where we can't have the same connector on both ends of the cable i

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mean Ethernet HDMI and good old rca jacks figured out so why can't usb take

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a look at this thing which you'll probably recognize if you've ever plugged in a printer over usb this is

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called a usb type b connector and unfortunately if you've ever needed one

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of these cables in a pinch there aren't a whole lot of other devices that use it

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meaning you probably don't just have one lying around to add insult to injury

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printer manufacturers usually don't include a type b cable in the box

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meaning you have to go out and buy one yourself so is this some kind of big

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racket by the electronics industry to suck more money out of you

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well maybe not a fundamental difference between usb and some of those other

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connection types we mentioned earlier is that usb carries

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power hence why so many usb gadgets don't need

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to be plugged into the wall separately but providing power on the same cable as

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data has the drawback that connecting things the wrong way

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can lead to damaged devices or other electrical hazards so the powers that be

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designed usb so that you always have an upstream and a downstream device with

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power only flowing in one direction as part of this design process different

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connectors were created for upstream and downstream devices the typical

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rectangular usb type a connector that you're used to seeing is usually on

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devices that provide power this is why you'll often see them on gadgets that

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you plug into the wall like desktop pcs and charging bricks for your smartphone

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the other end is often something different on purpose so that people

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won't try to connect two type a ports together so if for example you've ever

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wondered why you can't just send data between two computers by connecting them

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with type a to type a this is a big part

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of the reason why of course the standard type b

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that you see on a printer or something like a monitor with a usb hub or a

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desktop dac for you audio people is fairly bulky so the micro b connector

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became pretty common for small devices like smartphones that receive power you

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can even see this on your typical power bank where you plug in the full size

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type a connector when using it to charge a phone but instead plug in a micro b

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connector when you're recharging the power bank itself micro b was further

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revised once usb 3.0 was released

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as we saw these very funky looking connectors hit

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the market that extra lobe on the side enables more data to be carried making

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the connector compliant with higher usb 3.0 speeds but in my opinion this

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connector sucks they break easily and i don't like plugging them in

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ugly of course with the launch of usb type c as you can see here it's more

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common now to find a c to c cable as the

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usbc actually supports having two devices negotiate to determine which

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would be the host that provides power although this was possible with previous

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usb connectors with a protocol called usb on the go support for it was

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inconsistent however because many usbc devices need

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to connect to older hardware c to a cables should still be commonplace for a

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long time but do know that the days of juggling

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connectors should be numbered in the meantime you can always use your printer

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wirelessly oh god that sounds like a nightmare something about printers

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