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Reclaimer Labs
Company blog · reclaimerlabs.com/bloghardwareprogramming
Reclaimer Labs is the company blog at reclaimerlabs.com, writing about hardware and programming. Since 2017, 6 different Hacker News readers have linked it 8 times, most often “USB-C Easy Bake Oven (2017)”. The last post was in 2019, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (3) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link Reclaimer Labs posts on USB-C for engineers, USB Power Delivery examples and cable requirements. Commenters cite them as technical background without judging the writing.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 3 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Most-linked posts?
- USB-C Easy Bake Oven (2017)3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2019-07-29
What Hacker News says?
It's from Reclaimer Labs: https://www.reclaimerlabs.com/blog/2017/3/14/usb-c-easy-bake...
Comment linking /blog/2017/3/14/usb-c-easy-bake-oven
on “A Guy Walks into an Apple Store”Submitted USB-C Explorer – A development board to get started working with USB Type-C as a story · 311 points
HN discussionAdditional resources: USB-C for Engineers, https://www.reclaimerlabs.com/blog/2017/2/1/usb-c-for-engine... An example of USB power delivery, https://www.reclaimerlabs.com/blog/2017/5/16/example-usb-pow... Twitter thread which observes “ethernet-like” protocol over control channel of USB power delivery, https://twitter.com/whitequark/status/1035764804886126592
Comment linking /blog/2017/5/16/example-usb-power-delivery
on “USB-C Explorer – A development board to get started working with USB Type-C”Submitted USB-C Easy Bake Oven (2017) as a story · 104 points
HN discussion> Re-asserting: no, you do not need special cables for USB-PD. If a USB-C cable can't do 20V 3A, it's broken & out of spec & not USB. You're wrong & USB-C & the Type-C connector in general does not deserve this baseless & incorrect slander. USB-C spec doesn't require cables to support PD. You're wrong. https://www.reclaimerlabs.com/blog/2017/1/12/usb-c-for-engin... "Even without supporting USB Power Delivery, it is…
Comment linking /blog/2017/1/12/usb-c-for-engineers-part-2
on “Whoever invented USB-C deserves a Nobel Prize”Submitted USB-C for Engineers, Part 3 as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted USB-C Easy Bake Oven as a story · 2 points
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