Talk:2507: USV-C - Revision history

R128 at 14:43, 12 December 2025

2025-12-12T14:43:35Z

Sabik: Link to real-world prototype of the connector

2022-06-29T01:08:46Z

Link to real-world prototype of the connector

Sabik: Link to real-world prototype of the connector

2022-06-29T01:02:08Z

Link to real-world prototype of the connector

Kempsridley: incomplete tag

2021-09-02T16:10:37Z

incomplete tag

Kempsridley: definition of germ

2021-09-02T16:02:44Z

definition of germ

141.101.77.69 at 15:19, 28 August 2021

2021-08-28T15:19:10Z

Gbisaga: Just guess

2021-08-27T13:03:03Z

Just guess

198.41.238.51 at 05:35, 26 August 2021

2021-08-26T05:35:17Z

Tepples: USB EPROM programmer

2021-08-25T22:42:03Z

USB EPROM programmer

141.101.76.209 at 20:00, 25 August 2021

2021-08-25T20:00:25Z

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 : https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/germ Definition 3: : "a microorganism causing disease : a pathogenic agent (such as a bacterium or virus)" [[User:Kempsridley|Kempsridley]] ([[User talk:Kempsridley|talk]]) 16:02, 2 September 2021 (UTC)
 Is this article still incomplete, or can the tag be removed now? [[User:Kempsridley|Kempsridley]] ([[User talk:Kempsridley|talk]]) 16:10, 2 September 2021 (UTC)
 Looks like [https://twitter.com/RealSexyCyborg/status/1539124570460143616 someone's actually prototyping this], using Far-UVC (222nm) which is [https://www.kobe-u.ac.jp/research_at_kobe_en/NEWS/collaborations/2020_04_07_01.html safe for human skin and eyes] [[User:Sabik|Sabik]] ([[User talk:Sabik|talk]]) 01:02, 29 June 2022 (UTC)

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	Is this article still incomplete, or can the tag be removed now? [[User:Kempsridley\|Kempsridley]] ([[User talk:Kempsridley\|talk]]) 16:10, 2 September 2021 (UTC)		Is this article still incomplete, or can the tag be removed now? [[User:Kempsridley\|Kempsridley]] ([[User talk:Kempsridley\|talk]]) 16:10, 2 September 2021 (UTC)

−	Looks like [~~someone's actually prototyping this\|~~https://twitter.com/RealSexyCyborg/status/1539124570460143616], using Far-UVC (222nm) which is [~~safe for human skin and eyes\|~~https://www.kobe-u.ac.jp/research_at_kobe_en/NEWS/collaborations/2020_04_07_01.html] [[User:Sabik\|Sabik]] ([[User talk:Sabik\|talk]]) 01:02, 29 June 2022 (UTC)	+	Looks like [https://twitter.com/RealSexyCyborg/status/1539124570460143616 someone's actually prototyping this], using Far-UVC (222nm) which is [https://www.kobe-u.ac.jp/research_at_kobe_en/NEWS/collaborations/2020_04_07_01.html safe for human skin and eyes] [[User:Sabik\|Sabik]] ([[User talk:Sabik\|talk]]) 01:02, 29 June 2022 (UTC)

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	Is this article still incomplete, or can the tag be removed now? [[User:Kempsridley\|Kempsridley]] ([[User talk:Kempsridley\|talk]]) 16:10, 2 September 2021 (UTC)		Is this article still incomplete, or can the tag be removed now? [[User:Kempsridley\|Kempsridley]] ([[User talk:Kempsridley\|talk]]) 16:10, 2 September 2021 (UTC)
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		+	Looks like [someone's actually prototyping this\|https://twitter.com/RealSexyCyborg/status/1539124570460143616], using Far-UVC (222nm) which is [safe for human skin and eyes\|https://www.kobe-u.ac.jp/research_at_kobe_en/NEWS/collaborations/2020_04_07_01.html] [[User:Sabik\|Sabik]] ([[User talk:Sabik\|talk]]) 01:02, 29 June 2022 (UTC)

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	: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/germ Definition 3: : "a microorganism causing disease : a pathogenic agent (such as a bacterium or virus)" [[User:Kempsridley\|Kempsridley]] ([[User talk:Kempsridley\|talk]]) 16:02, 2 September 2021 (UTC)		: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/germ Definition 3: : "a microorganism causing disease : a pathogenic agent (such as a bacterium or virus)" [[User:Kempsridley\|Kempsridley]] ([[User talk:Kempsridley\|talk]]) 16:02, 2 September 2021 (UTC)
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	Germ killing can't be connected to COVID. COVID is a virus, not a germ. --[[Special:Contributions/141.101.77.69\|141.101.77.69]] 15:19, 28 August 2021 (UTC)		Germ killing can't be connected to COVID. COVID is a virus, not a germ. --[[Special:Contributions/141.101.77.69\|141.101.77.69]] 15:19, 28 August 2021 (UTC)
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	Regarding getting it backwards the first time: an old engineer I worked with back at the beginning of my career 40 years ago used to say (speaking of serial cable pins, but applicable here also): always just try connecting it at random. That way you'll have a 50% chance of being right. If you try to figure it out first, your odds go way down. [[User:Gbisaga\|Gbisaga]] ([[User talk:Gbisaga\|talk]]) 13:03, 27 August 2021 (UTC)		Regarding getting it backwards the first time: an old engineer I worked with back at the beginning of my career 40 years ago used to say (speaking of serial cable pins, but applicable here also): always just try connecting it at random. That way you'll have a 50% chance of being right. If you try to figure it out first, your odds go way down. [[User:Gbisaga\|Gbisaga]] ([[User talk:Gbisaga\|talk]]) 13:03, 27 August 2021 (UTC)
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		+	Germ killing can't be connected to COVID. COVID is a virus, not a germ. --[[Special:Contributions/141.101.77.69\|141.101.77.69]] 15:19, 28 August 2021 (UTC)

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	It could be that the light flashes on and off for data or something. --[[Special:Contributions/198.41.238.51\|198.41.238.51]] 05:35, 26 August 2021 (UTC)		It could be that the light flashes on and off for data or something. --[[Special:Contributions/198.41.238.51\|198.41.238.51]] 05:35, 26 August 2021 (UTC)
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		+	Regarding getting it backwards the first time: an old engineer I worked with back at the beginning of my career 40 years ago used to say (speaking of serial cable pins, but applicable here also): always just try connecting it at random. That way you'll have a 50% chance of being right. If you try to figure it out first, your odds go way down. [[User:Gbisaga\|Gbisaga]] ([[User talk:Gbisaga\|talk]]) 13:03, 27 August 2021 (UTC)

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	It could be as simple as a UV lightbox integrated into a USB EPROM programmer. Have a few in the back erasing while you're programming a few in the front. --[[User:Tepples\|Tepples]] ([[User talk:Tepples\|talk]]) 22:42, 25 August 2021 (UTC)		It could be as simple as a UV lightbox integrated into a USB EPROM programmer. Have a few in the back erasing while you're programming a few in the front. --[[User:Tepples\|Tepples]] ([[User talk:Tepples\|talk]]) 22:42, 25 August 2021 (UTC)
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		+	It could be that the light flashes on and off for data or something. --[[Special:Contributions/198.41.238.51\|198.41.238.51]] 05:35, 26 August 2021 (UTC)

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	Am I the only one to think "from C to shining C"? And I'm not even American. [[Special:Contributions/141.101.76.209\|141.101.76.209]] 20:00, 25 August 2021 (UTC)		Am I the only one to think "from C to shining C"? And I'm not even American. [[Special:Contributions/141.101.76.209\|141.101.76.209]] 20:00, 25 August 2021 (UTC)
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		+	It could be as simple as a UV lightbox integrated into a USB EPROM programmer. Have a few in the back erasing while you're programming a few in the front. --[[User:Tepples\|Tepples]] ([[User talk:Tepples\|talk]]) 22:42, 25 August 2021 (UTC)

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	[[Special:Contributions/141.101.105.27\|141.101.105.27]] 17:57, 25 August 2021 (UTC)		[[Special:Contributions/141.101.105.27\|141.101.105.27]] 17:57, 25 August 2021 (UTC)
	: I've been unable to find one with a hardwired male USB-C plug in a quick Google search. Though, there are many portable UV-C lamps which would count as USB-C socket to UV-C, so you could add on a USB-C plug-plug adapter and emulate this XKCD with two chained adapters. [[Special:Contributions/172.69.71.69\|172.69.71.69]] 19:20, 25 August 2021 (UTC)		: I've been unable to find one with a hardwired male USB-C plug in a quick Google search. Though, there are many portable UV-C lamps which would count as USB-C socket to UV-C, so you could add on a USB-C plug-plug adapter and emulate this XKCD with two chained adapters. [[Special:Contributions/172.69.71.69\|172.69.71.69]] 19:20, 25 August 2021 (UTC)
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		+	Am I the only one to think "from C to shining C"? And I'm not even American. [[Special:Contributions/141.101.76.209\|141.101.76.209]] 20:00, 25 August 2021 (UTC)