Macrofab Engineering Podcast

Jason Cerundolo of Reclaimer Labs Jason Cerundolo An engineer experienced in mechanical, electrical, and firmware engineering Jason has over nine years of experience as a hardware engineer and working on electronic designs in Silicon Valley In his free time, he works on open source projects, such as USB Type-C tools and projects USB Type-C Power Delivery PHY Breakout Board A breakout board for the FUSB302USB-PD PHY for BMC communication used in USB-C connectors Determine plug orientation (normal or reversed) Determine or advertise Type-C power levels (5 V at 0.5, 1.5, or 3.0 A) Use BMC communication to negotiate USB Power Delivery Explicit Contracts up to 20 V and 5 A (100 W of power) Negotiate Alternate Modes to reuse the pins in the Type-C connector for other purposes One of the problems that I always run into with USB designs is the “Am I doing this right?”Testing, debugging, and evaluation What hardware and software should you look at when building a test setup for USB? Low Cost Alternatives for