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NuLEDs and the Power-Over-Ethernet (POE) movement continue to grow – and with good reason. The November/December 2015 issue of LEDs magazine features an extensive feature on the growing phenomenon that is Power-Over-Ethernet, continually drawing on the POE work of one of FLC’s newest factories, California-based...

Robotics engineering student Ken Pillonel wowed the internet last month with a wild hack that managed to put a working USB-C port inside an iPhone X for a fully functional USB-C iPhone. And now, Pillonel has published a far more...

A report today apparently answers an open question about MacBook Pro USB-C ports: whether or not they support the new USB PD 3.1 EPR standard needed for fast charging. Unfortunately the news isn’t good. While there is a specification that...

FORT WORTH, TEXAS—This month The Sinclair, part of Marriott’s Autograph Collection of hotels, will celebrate its one-year anniversary. Located in Fort Worth, the 164-room boutique property was once the Sinclair Oil building—quite the contrast from its status today as one...

The EC has recently proposed that a standard charging port for electronic devices would be beneficial and has pushed new legislation promoting USB-C. The EC aims for USB-C to be standard across “all smartphones, tablets, cameras headphones, portable speakers and handheld...

The European Commission, the executive arm of the European Union, has announced plans to force smartphone and other electronics manufacturers to fit a common USB-C charging port on their devices. The proposal is likely to have the biggest impact on...

Question: “I hear a lot of stuff about Mode A and Mode B when people are talking about Power over Ethernet. What’s up with that? Does it matter, and is one better than the other?” Yes, it matters which Mode...