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Some basic info about USB (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 months ago by SouravSatvaya@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 0 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Every device I have just has a couple of blue ones and a couple of black ones, perhaps some orange ones and some USB-C ports, and good luck figuring out what they all can do. No symbols anywhere.

[–] bitwaba@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Black is USB 2, blue is USB 3, and Orange or Yellow are usually "always on" and/or 2.4 amp or some other kind of thing like that.

[–] computergeek125@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago

Not on all vendors tho - coloring was an optional part of the standard. Dell often uses grey for USB3

[–] tal@lemmy.today 0 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

and Orange or Yellow are usually “always on” and/or 2.4 amp or some other kind of thing like that.

It's the variety and surprise here that adds novelty and excitement to life.

https://www.usbmemorydirect.com/blog/usb-port-colors/

The blue USB port is also known as USB 3.0 or SuperSpeed (SS) USB. It was introduced in 2008 and offers a data transfer speed of up to 5 Gbps, which is more than 10 times faster than USB 2.0. In addition, it can transfer data in both directions simultaneously.

I definitely have a number of devices that use newer-than-USB 3.0 and use blue.

The teal USB port is also known as the USB 3.1 Gen 1 or SuperSpeed+ (SS+) USB. Released in 2013, it supports up to 10 Gbps data transfer speed, which is twice as fast as USB 3.0. The color is similar to USB 3.0, but it will appear as slightly more green-toned than the classic blue of 3.0. This is the easiest way to differentiate USB 3.0 vs 3.1 ports.

I don't think any of my devices actually use teal, regardless of what they support. Oh...hmm. Wait, I think my last desktop motherboard did that.

goes to investigate

Yeah, it has teal and blue ports.

My current motherboard uses blue or red for everything USB-A, so clearly isn't using blue to indicate "USB 3.0", and labels every port, blue or red, in English as "USB 3.2". So it clearly isn't using the port color to indicate purely speed.

The red USB port is generally classified as USB 3.2, which was released in 2017. However, it can also be used to indicate a USB 3.1 Gen 2 port.

Another source of novelty and excitement.

Yellow USB Port Meaning

The yellow USB port is another color that can indicate either USB 3.2 or USB 3.1 Gen 2.

So much excitement.

The yellow USB port is more commonly found on laptops while the red USB port is more commonly found on desktop computers. This is because the yellow USB port indicates that it is always on, meaning it will continue to draw power even when the computer is turned off or in sleep mode. As a result, you can generally use it to charge other devices, such as smartphones.

[–] AbidanYre@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

It's cool, the colors are just for aesthetics. Internally they're all connected to the same USB controller chip anyway.

/s probably

[–] Redex68@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

If they're following the standard, which they often do but sometimes don't, white indicates 2.0 and blue indicates 3.0+. I think there are more but I don't remember the other colours.

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago

I believe yellow or orange ports always deliver charging power regardless of device's power state.