The Avier Type-C PD Adapter Promotes 60W Type-C Charging with USB Power Delivery and Dual USB Type-A Charging

The Avier Type-C PD Adapter uses the USB Type-C interface to connect to any of the recent Mac's or Windows notebook PC's that have USB Type-C ports. The adapter offers 60 watts of charging over USB Type-C for computers as well as 5 volts of charging from each of its two USB Type-A ports for downstream devices like phones. 

The USB Type-C cable connector is affixed to the Avier Type-C PD Adapter which is used to connect to the upstream Mac or PC and can provide it up to 20 volts @3 amps of power using USB Power Delivery 2.0 technology. There's also one USB Type-C downstream port to connect to a appropriate AC charger for the adapter's own power supply up to 60W.

Below is how the Avier Type-C PD Adapter looks like after purchase which is also similar to certain 60W USB-C PD chargers such as the Urban Factory Hubee USB-C Mobile Station (TCM10UF) and Nekteck 72W USB Type-C PD Charger Station.

The two USB Type-A ports support USB 3.1 Gen 1 (5 Gb/s) speeds to more quickly charge downstream devices or connect to USB storage drives for data transfer.

Using the USB Power Delivery Compliance C2 Tester from Granite River Labs to run just a subset of the full USB Power Delivery compliance test suite, we can see that the Avier Type-C PD Adapter supports these PDO's- 2.5 watts (5 volts @ .5 amps), 31 watts (12 volts @ 2.58 amps) and 55 watts (20 volts @ 2.75 amps) for charging through its upstream provider Type-C cable connector, although 60 watts (20 volts @ 3 amps) is missing as claimed. Note some compliance failures were also observed.

GRL-USB-PD-C2 Compliance Test Report for the Upstream Provider Type-C Cable Connector

DUT Information

Manufacturer	Avier
Model Number	Type C Adapter Provider Port
Serial Number	Comm Engine

Test Information

Date and Time:

20181112_012908

Controller and Instrument Information

Parameter	Value
GRL USB-PD_C2 Serial No.	084.109.084.066.134.
GRL USB-PD Software Version	1.3.8.0
GRL USB-PD Firmware Version	1.3.8.0.0
GRL USB-PD Eload Firmware Version	9.4/9.4
Board Calibration	Calibration Success.
App Mode	COMMUNICATION_ENGINE_TESTS
Tx Mask	true
Rx Mask	false
RX mask Power selection	Neutral Power
Device Type	Provider Only
Cable IR drop Imp(R)	0
Cable Type.	USB-Type-C-Cable
COMMUNICATION_ENGINE_TESTS CTS Version	1.09
Noise Pattern Generation:	Two-Tone Noise
VIF info	*Since VIF was not loaded below test results are information Only.
Test cases Execution Time:	0h:6m:51s

Product Capabilities

Parameter	GetCapabilities
VENDOR_NAME	VIA Labs, Inc.
TID	0
STRUCTURED_VDM_VERSION	Version 1.0
PD_SPECIFICATION_REVISION	1
SOP_CAPABLE	YES
SOP_P_CAPABLE	NO
SOP_PP_CAPABLE	NO
SOP_P_DEBUG_CAPABLE	NO
SOP_PP_DEBUG_CAPABLE	NO
USB_COMMS_CAPABLE	YES
DR_SWAP_TO_DFP_SUPPORTED	YES
UNCONSTRAINED_POWER	YES
UNCHUNKED_EXTENDED_MESSAGES_SUPPORTED	NO
MODAL_OPERATION_SUPPORTED	YES
USB_VID	0x2109
PID	0x100
BCDDEVICE	0x2
XID	892
DATA_CAPABLE_AS_USB_HOST	NO
DATA_CAPABLE_AS_USB_DEVICE	YES
ACCEPTS_PR_SWAP_AS_SNK	YES
AMA_VBUS_REQD	YES
AMA_VCONN_REQD	YES
NUM_SVIDS_MIN	1
NUM_SVIDS_MAX	1
SVID1SOP	FF01
SVID1Modes Min	1
SVID1Modes Max	1
SVID1Modes Fixed	NONE
SVID1Mode1 Enter Mode	NO

Power Capabilities

Parameter	GetCapabilities
PD_POWER_AS_SOURCE	55000
USB_SUSPEND_MAY_BE_CLEARED	NO
SENDS_PINGS	NO
NUM_SRC_PDOS	3
Supply Type #1	Fixed
Peak Current #1	0x0(A)
Voltage #1	0x64(5V)
Max Current #1	0x32(.5A)
Supply Type #2	Fixed
Peak Current #2	0x0(A)
Voltage #2	0xF0(12V)
Max Current #2	0x102(2.58A)
Supply Type #3	Fixed
Peak Current #3	0x0(A)
Voltage #3	0x190(20V)
Max Current #3	0x113(2.75A)

USB-IF High Level Mapping Summary

Sl No	Test Category	Test Group Description	Test Result
1	PHY_PRIMARY_TX	BMC Physical Layer Transmitter	PASS
2	PHY_PRIMARY_RX	BMC Physical Layer Receiver	FAIL
3	PHY_PRIMARY_MISC	BMC Phyiscal Layer Miscellaneous	PASS
4	PROT_PRIMARY	Protocol Specific Primary	FAIL

Result Summary

Sl No	Test ID	Test Name	Test Result
1	TDA.2.1.1.1	TDA.2.1.1.1 BMC PHY TX EYE	PASS
2	TDA.2.1.1.2	TDA.2.1.1.2 BMC PHY TX BIT	PASS
3	TDA.2.1.2.2	TDA.2.1.2.2 BMC PHY RX INT REJ	FAIL
4	TDA.2.1.2.1	TDA.2.1.2.1 BMC PHY RX BUSIDL	PASS
5	TDA.2.1.3.1	TDA.2.1.3.1 BMC PHY TERM	PASS
7	TDA.2.2.1	TDA.2.2.1 BMC PROT SEQ GETCAPS	PASS
11	TDA.2.2.7	TDA.2.2.7 BMC PROT BIST NOT 5V SRC	FAIL
13	TDA.2.2.9	TDA.2.2.9 BMC PROT GSC REC	FAIL

BMC Eye Diagram

We can also see below that the downstream consumer Type-C port of the Avier Type-C PD Adapter supports charging using 10 watts (5 volts @ 2 amps) PDO in the following test report generated through the GRL-USB-PD C2 Compliance Test Solution App.

GRL-USB-PD-C2 Compliance Test Report for the Downstream Consumer Type-C Port

DUT Information

Manufacturer	Avier
Model Number	Type-C Adapter Consumer Port
Serial Number	Comm Engine

Test Information

Date and Time:

20181112_013926

Controller and Instrument Information

Parameter	Value
GRL USB-PD_C2 Serial No.	084.109.084.066.134.
GRL USB-PD Software Version	1.3.8.0
GRL USB-PD Firmware Version	1.3.8.0.0
GRL USB-PD Eload Firmware Version	9.4/9.4
Board Calibration	Calibration Success.
App Mode	COMMUNICATION_ENGINE_TESTS
Tx Mask	true
Rx Mask	false
RX mask Power selection	Neutral Power
Device Type	Consumer Only
Cable IR drop Imp(R)	0
Cable Type.	GRL-Spl-Cable
COMMUNICATION_ENGINE_TESTS CTS Version	1.09
Noise Pattern Generation:	Two-Tone Noise
VIF info	*Since VIF was not loaded below test results are information Only.
Test cases Execution Time:	0h:5m:25s

Product Capabilities

Parameter	GetCapabilities
VENDOR_NAME	VIA Labs, Inc.
TID	0
STRUCTURED_VDM_VERSION	Version 1.0
PD_SPECIFICATION_REVISION	2
SOP_CAPABLE	YES
SOP_P_CAPABLE	NO
SOP_PP_CAPABLE	NO
SOP_P_DEBUG_CAPABLE	NO
SOP_PP_DEBUG_CAPABLE	NO
SECURITY_MSGS_SUPPORTED	NO
MANUFACTURER_INFO_SUPPORTED	NO
USB_COMMS_CAPABLE	YES
DR_SWAP_TO_DFP_SUPPORTED	YES
UNCONSTRAINED_POWER	YES
UNCHUNKED_EXTENDED_MESSAGES_SUPPORTED	YES
MODAL_OPERATION_SUPPORTED	YES
USB_VID	0x2109
PID	0x100
BCDDEVICE	0x2
XID	892
DATA_CAPABLE_AS_USB_HOST	NO
DATA_CAPABLE_AS_USB_DEVICE	YES
ACCEPTS_PR_SWAP_AS_SNK	YES
AMA_VBUS_REQD	YES
AMA_VCONN_REQD	YES
NUM_SVIDS_MIN	1
NUM_SVIDS_MAX	1
SVID1SOP	FF00
SVID1Modes Min	1
SVID1Modes Max	0
SVID1Modes Fixed	NONE

Power Capabilities

Parameter	GetCapabilities
PD_POWER_AS_SINK
NO_USB_SUSPEND_MAY_BE_SET	NO
GIVEBACK_MAY_BE_SET	NO
HIGHER_CAPABILITY_SET	NO
NUM_SNK_PDOS	1
Supply Type #1	Fixed
Voltage #1	0x64(5V)
OP Current #1	0xC8(2A)

USB-IF High Level Mapping Summary

Sl No	Test Category	Test Group Description	Test Result
1	PHY_PRIMARY_TX	BMC Physical Layer Transmitter	PASS
2	PHY_PRIMARY_RX	BMC Physical Layer Receiver	PASS
3	PHY_PRIMARY_MISC	BMC Phyiscal Layer Miscellaneous	PASS
4	PROT_PRIMARY	Protocol Specific Primary	PASS
5	POWER_PRIMARY	Power Source/Sink Primary	PASS

Result Summary

Sl No	Test ID	Test Name	Test Result
1	TDA.2.1.1.1	TDA.2.1.1.1 BMC PHY TX EYE	PASS
2	TDA.2.1.1.2	TDA.2.1.1.2 BMC PHY TX BIT	PASS
3	TDA.2.1.2.2	TDA.2.1.2.2 BMC PHY RX INT REJ	PASS
4	TDA.2.1.2.1	TDA.2.1.2.1 BMC PHY RX BUSIDL	PASS
5	TDA.2.1.3.1	TDA.2.1.3.1 BMC PHY TERM	PASS
7	TDA.2.2.1	TDA.2.2.1 BMC PROT SEQ GETCAPS	PASS

BMC Eye Diagram