By PURPLELEC | 09 April 2024 | 0 Comments
Full-featured USB Type-C docking station
The notebook's USB Type-C is a "full-featured" type that not only supports data transmission, DP video output and USB PD protocol charging functions, but also supports more luxurious docking equipment.
Since the full-featured USB Type-C natively supports PD, the HDMI on the docking station can output up to 4K resolution, and can be connected to a monitor and multiple USB storage peripherals and used at the same time without consuming additional CPU resources.
The more functions the USB Type-C docking station has, it also needs to integrate the corresponding control chip, so the price will not be too cheap, but when combined with the full-featured USB Type-C interface, it can exert 100% of its full performance, bringing comparable Native interface usage experience.
Full-featured docking stations also need to integrate PD charging chips, Hub chips and HDMI conversion chips, etc.
Whether it supports charging is an important criterion for measuring the grade of a USB Type-C docking station, and it is also the main factor that widens the price difference. Because many notebooks use USB Type-C as the only charging interface, they cannot be charged when connected to a docking station without charging function.
It is recommended that you first choose a USB Type-C docking station that supports charging
The competition between docking stations that support charging is whether they support the PD3.0 charging protocol. Some docking stations that support PD2.0, when unplugging the charging cable (connected to the docking station), the HDMI and USB connected to it The device will disconnect for a while and then resume, but the docking station that supports PD3.0 will not be affected.
Many full-featured USB Type-C conform to the USB 3.1 Gen2 or 3.2 Gen2 standard and have a transfer rate of 10Gbps. However, most of the USB interfaces on the USB Type-C docking station are USB3.0 (5Gbps) standard. When reading the ultra-high-speed mobile solid-state drive, please connect it directly to the USB Type-C on the laptop, do not use the docking station.
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