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Old 12-23-2014, 07:16 PM   #543
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Originally Posted by twowheels View Post
I believe that you're confusing USB and HDMI. The question was about HDMI. If I remember correctly, the HDMI spec doesn't include power, that would be MHL.

I also think that you messed up the current spec as 0.05A is nothing. The basic USB spec allows for 0.5A (except for some newer extended specs like USB PD).
Take it up with Wikipedia:
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/HDMI

Pin 18 in the diagram, elsewhere in the text.
And yes, 0.05A is peanuts.
But it is enough for what the spec writers wanted.
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