Comment by alexose
5 years ago
I've been using a GaN-based power supply for my MacBook Pro and it's just as good as advertised. Slightly bigger than a deck of cards, yet it runs cooler than the stock unit.
Hopefully this tech finds its way into more devices as it gets cheaper. It would be neat to have GaN based inverters for electric cars.
They work great to charge my Android. One day MacBook chargers may even charge iPhones!
iPhones ship with a USB-C to Lightning cable.
Plug that into the MacBook charger and you’re good. No problem here, is it not working for you?
I use a MacBook charger with my iPhone every night...
Using the USB-C cable that came with your MacBook? Or a cable you paid extra for?
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Tesla use silicon carbide which has favorable temp and reliability over Gan for higher voltage operation.
For highest end stuff you use both. They have different properties. SiC matters for reverse recovery of the inverter.
Is there some sort of third quadrant effect, like might be seen for a triac?
I thought this was a new "ML powered" charger of some type until I googled... interesting find.
Those are NaN chargers.
May I ask which model you use?
Sure! I was trying to avoid mentioning it to avoid seeming like an advertisement. (I have the HyperJuice 100W USB-C adapter)