Chris Green wrote:

> I was talking about pre-4 Pis, they have USB 2 and the specification
> on that (except for some 'power only' ones, which the Pi's USB isn't)
> is a maximum of 500mA.  So cables which are perfectly OK for the USB
> 2.0 specification don't necessarily have to be able to carry the
> current required by the Pi.
>
> I agree that with the advent of USB C/3 on the Pi 4 the Pi is well
> within the specifications for those cables/interfaces so cables
> conforming to the specifications should be capable of carrying the
> required current.

Chris, you are again mixing up things. The one thing is the power supply (we
are talking about) the other thing is the USB port on the device - here you
are right it would supply about 0.5A

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