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Gli ultimi otto messaggi ricevuti dalla Federazione
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Listened to it yesterday and can confirm every word is accurate.
You're one of the good ones, @stefano ! đ» â
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Non si scherza un cazzo! Carla Pensa, 85 anni, di Neirone, ha vinto il Campionato Mondiale del Pesto - la Repubblica https://genova.repubblica.it/cronaca/2026/03/21/news/carla_pensa_di_neirone_ha_vinto_il_campionato_mondiale_del_pesto-425237215/
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How a Belkin USB Charger Pulls off a 3 Milliwatt Standby Usage
Belkin charger standby power. (Credit: Denki Otaku, YouTube)
A well-known property of wall warts like power bricks and USB chargers is that they always consume some amount of power even when thereâs no connected device drawing power from them. This feels rather wasteful when you have a gaggle of USB chargers constantly plugged in, especially on a nation-sized scale. This is where a new USB-C wall charger by Belkin, the BoostCharger Pro, is interesting, as it claims âzero standby powerâ, which sounds pretty boastful and rather suspect. Fortunately, [Denki Otaku] saw fit to put one to the test and even tear one down to inspect the work of Belkinâs engineers.Naturally, no laws of physics were harmed in the construction of the device, as âzero standby powerâ translated from marketing speak simply means âvery low standby power usageâ, or about 3 milliwatt with 0.3 mA at the applied 100 VAC.
Fascinatingly, plugging in an e-marker equipped USB-C cable with no device on the other end caused this standby usage to increase to about 30 mW, clearly disabling the âzero standbyâ feature. With that detail noted, it was time to tear down the charger, revealing its four PCBs.
The boring answer here is that Belkin didnât do anything special, but rather followed the Renesas application note for a 65W USB-C adapter with Zero Standby Power:
Zero Standby Power Application Note. (Credit: Renesas)
As can be surmised from the effect of a non-e-marked versus e-marked USB-C cable being inserted, the USB-PD controller IC detects the presence or absence of a cable, and signals the flyback section to mostly shut down. This then leaves a trickle of current for the chargerâs ICs as they wait for something to happen. In the (unfortunately restricted) datasheet for the Renesas iW9870 flyback controller IC, we can see this feature described, including how plugging in a USB cable disables the feature.This feature appears to be somewhat related to how USB power banks work, with them shutting down the outputs if idle, though there are some issues with it backfiring. Some power banks have a âtrickle chargeâ mode where even low amounts of current being drawn doesnât shut off the output. In the case of this Renesas âzero standby powerâ feature, it seems to rely on USB cable detection as an equivalent to an active power device.
As noted in the video, this seems to cause issues when inserting an e-marked cable, and some users have reported the charger randomly turning off the output while actively charging from it. Here weâd like to pitch an absolutely bonkers suggestion, and pitch putting a physical on/off switch on the charger â as well as on power banks â rather than try to do more smart guessing.
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Listening to the latest episode of BSDNow - thanks @rubenerd for the kind words about me!
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"Obiettivi raggiunti, iniziamo a smobilitare. Hormuz si aprirĂ da solo. Liberate Hormuz o vi obliteriamo gli impianti energetici"
In senso clinico, panico in soggetto affetto da narcisismo patologico con evidenti segni di demenza senile.
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Tenerife (prima parte): il ritorno amaro nell'isola perfetta dove non si puĂČ piĂč vivere.
Era passato quasi un anno dall'inizio della ricerca. Non sapevo cosa fare.
Avevo bisogno di riflettere, e avrei farlo soltanto se il dolore di artrite e fibromialgia fosse sparito.
L'unico modo per farlo, era ritornare in un posto che SAPEVO mi avrebbe fatto stare bene, come tutte le altre volte...
