What is the Type-C interface? What is the difference with the Micro USB interface?

The Type-C interface is something we are all familiar with. More and more digital products have abandoned the previous Micro USB interface and switched to the Type-C interface. Then what is the Type-C interface? What’s the difference? Let’s take a look.

Type-C is a connection surface of the USB interface, which can be inserted regardless of the front and back sides. The size is about 8.3mm×2.5mm. Like other types of interfaces, it supports USB standard charging, data transmission, display output and other functions. The Type-C interface is a relatively new type of interface, and it is estimated that it will become popular soon, such as the new version of MacBook and Xiaomi mobile phones.

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What is the Type-C interface? What is the difference with the Micro USB interface
Nowadays, mainstream mobile phones basically use the Type-c interface. OPPO and vivo, which have always adhered to the Micro USB interface camp, have also used the Type-c interface in the newly released OPPO Find X and vivo NEX. Type-c has Instead of Micro USB, it has become one of the mainstream mobile phone interfaces. Why are the Type-c interfaces used by many new mobile phones, notebooks, and mobile power supplies?

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First of all, the USB Type-C interface has no distinction between the front and the back. Therefore, the previous embarrassment of “not plugging in here, but not plugging in the other way, and plugging back in the other way” no longer exists, and “strongly” can be avoided. Damage caused by miracles. This setting is especially important in an environment with no lights at night. You only need to touch the data cable and plug it into the phone to charge it. This kind of convenience is obviously unmatched by the previous Micro USB interface.

Another point is the increase in transmission speed. In December 2013, the USB3.0 technical team announced that the transmission speed of the next-generation type-C connector supports up to 5Gbps and 100W power transmission, and it can also be used for other devices. Reverse power supply. Almost 5 years have passed so far, and the technology and practical application of type-C have also entered a mature period.

The Type-c interface can provide two-way power supply, which can charge the device itself or supply power to external devices. Both input and output are supported. Compared with the Micro USB interface, the mobile power supply adopts the Type-c interface, and there are more interfaces to charge multiple mobile phones at the same time.

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As far as compatibility is concerned, Type-C has advantages that Micro USB does not have. Type-C can be compatible with USB2.0, 3.0, 3.1 interfaces, and there is no need to change much in the internal structure; while the Micro USB interface is USB3. After 0, because the structure has changed, there are not too many mobile phones using the 3.0 interface. The same interface can be directly compatible with other devices that support the Type-C interface. Type-C supports 100w power support. In this era of fast charging, 100w power support will be a catalyst in the fast charging field. Fast charging is based on Type-C. The C interface will be well supported, and fast charging will become civilians.

In general, the Type-C interface has five characteristics: slim, fast transmission, non-directional, strong power supply, and strong expandability. The Type-C interface has now become the mainstream interface. Although the cost is higher, the increasingly fierce competition in the mobile phone market is an inevitable change.


Post time: Oct-29-2020