Apple could add an optical signal path to future MagSafe connectors on Macs, allowing the magnetic port to send and receive data, as well as power the device. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office this ...

This article was updated March 31, 2023. It was originally published Jan. 8, 2016. Engineers and designers who don’t regularly work with CAT data of cables, and even some that do, can get confused ...

Two identical USB-C cables can charge at wildly different speeds, and that’s the problem.

The high-flex, clean-room-approved Cleanflex Series of power and data cables feature a special polyurethane outer jacket to minimize the release of cable dust into the air. The cables are for use in ...

Q: If USB-C is a connection standard, what do the expensive cables do for me over the cheap ones? A: Apple recently announced that they’ve switched the iPhone from their proprietary Lightning ...

We left the subject of “category” cables in the April 24 issue, talking about return loss. This is a new specification for twisted pairs. It shows, in dB, the ratio of signal strength received at the ...

SATA is an abbreviation for Serial Advanced Technology Attachment which is an IDE standard. It is a data access standard interface in modern computers used to transfer data at high rates via compact ...