A Quick View of the Microsoft Surface Go Supporting USB Type-C and USB Power Delivery

The Microsoft Surface Go is especially useful if you want to run your favorite Windows Apps on a portable tablet. As part of the Surface family that includes the Surface Pro 4 and Surface Book 2, the Surface Go can also be used as a notebook (if you add the Signature Type Cover). It could run any Windows applications, use a handy stylus and has a built-in normal PC sized USB Type-C port. Unlike the Surface Pro 4 which had a physical DisplayPort connector to connect to monitors, the Surface Go USB Type-C port supports DisplayPort Alternate Mode for video support as well as USB Power Delivery 2.0 technology for charging.

Here's a closer look at the Surface Go from inside its packaging after purchase.  

This Surface Go model comes with Intel Pentium Gold 4415Y chipset, 64GB storage, 4GB RAM, and runs on Windows 10.

Generally the Surface Go comes with a Surface Connect AC power adapter and documentation just like with most of the Surface family.

Like the Surface Book 2, the Surface Go keeps the 3.5mm audio jack which in fact is only one of the three connectors on the tablet other than the USB Type-C port and a Surface Connect port at the bottom of the tablet.

The power adapter connects to the Surface Go through the legacy Surface Connect connector. 

The Surface Go supports both a USB 3.1 Gen 1 based USB Type-C connector and a Surface Connect connector similar to the Surface Book 2. There is also a SD card slot which the tablet maintains.

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, some compliance failures were observed for the Surface Go.

Power Delivery 3.0 Tests- Results Summary

Sl No	Test ID	Test Name	Test Result
1	TD.PD.LL3.E1	TD.PD.LL3.E1 GoodCRC Specification Revision compatibility	PASS
2	TD.PD.LL3.E2	TD.PD.LL3.E2 Retransmission	PASS
3	TD.PD.LL3.E3	TD.PD.LL3.E3 GoodCRC Compatibility with PD2	PASS
4	TD.PD.SRC3.E1	TD.PD.SRC3.E1 Source Capability Fields Checks	PASS
5	TD.PD.SRC3.E2	TD.PD.SRC3.E2 Accept Fields Checks	PASS
6	TD.PD.SRC3.E3	TD.PD.SRC3.E3 PSRDY Fields Checks	PASS
7	TD.PD.SRC3.E4	TD.PD.SRC3.E4 Specification Revision Check after Contract	PASS
8	TD.PD.SRC3.E5	TD.PD.SRC3.E5 Source Capabilities Extended sent timely	PASS
9	TD.PD.SRC3.E6	TD.PD.SRC3.E6 Source Capabilities Extended Fields Checks	FAIL
10	TD.PD.SRC3.E7	TD.PD.SRC3.E7 Battery Status sent Timely	PASS
11	TD.PD.SRC3.E8	TD.PD.SRC3.E8 Battery Status Fields Checks	PASS
12	TD.PD.SRC3.E9	TD.PD.SRC3.E9 Battery Status Fields Checks Invalid Battery reference	PASS
13	TD.PD.SRC3.E10	TD.PD.SRC3.E10 Unrecognized Message Received in Ready State	PASS
14	TD.PD.SRC3.E11	TD.PD.SRC3.E11 Get Status Fields Checks	PASS
15	TD.PD.SRC3.E12	TD.PD.SRC3.E12 Get Battery Status Fields Checks	PASS
16	TD.PD.SRC3.E13	TD.PD.SRC3.E13 Status sent timely	PASS
17	TD.PD.SRC3.E14	TD.PD.SRC3.E14 Status Fields Checks	PASS
18	TD.PD.SRC3.E15	TD.PD.SRC3.E15 Battery Capabilities sent timely	PASS
19	TD.PD.SRC3.E16	TD.PD.SRC3.E16 Battery Capabilities Fields Checks	PASS
20	TD.PD.SRC3.E17	TD.PD.SRC3.E17 Battery Capabilities Fields Checks Invalid Battery Reference	PASS
21	TD.PD.SRC3.E18	TD.PD.SRC3.E18 Manufacturer Info Sent Timely	PASS
22	TD.PD.SRC3.E19	TD.PD.SRC3.E19 Manufacturer Info Fields Checks	PASS
23	TD.PD.SRC3.E20	TD.PD.SRC3.E20 Manufacturer Info Fields Checks Invalid Manufacturer Info Target	PASS
24	TD.PD.SRC3.E21	TD.PD.SRC3.E21 Manufacturer Info Fields Checks Invalid Manufacturer Info Ref	PASS
26	TD.PD.SRC3.E23	TD.PD.SRC3.E23 Vconn Swap	PASS
27	TD.PD.SRC3.E24	TD.PD.SRC3.E24 Unexpected Message Received in Ready State	PASS
28	TD.PD.SRC3.E25	TD.PD.SRC3.E25 Receiving chunked extended message	PASS
29	TD.PD.SRC3.E26	TD.PD.SRC3.E26 Soft Reset sent regardless of Rp value	PASS
35	TD.PD.SRC3.E32	TD.PD.SRC3.E32 ChunkSenderResponseTimer Timeout	PASS
36	TD.PD.SRC3.E33	TD.PD.SRC3.E33 Country Codes Sent Timely	PASS
37	TD.PD.SRC3.E34	TD.PD.SRC3.E34 Country Codes Fields Checks	PASS
38	TD.PD.SRC3.E35	TD.PD.SRC3.E35 Country Info Sent Timely	PASS
39	TD.PD.SRC3.E36	TD.PD.SRC3.E36 Country Info Fields Checks	PASS
40	TD.PD.SNK3.E1	TD.PD.SNK3.E1 Request Fields Checks	PASS
41	TD.PD.SNK3.E2	TD.PD.SNK3.E2 Unrecognized Message Received in Ready State	PASS
42	TD.PD.SNK3.E3	TD.PD.SNK3.E3 Get Source Cap Extended Fields Checks	PASS
43	TD.PD.SNK3.E4	TD.PD.SNK3.E4 SenderResponseTimer Deadline Source Capabilities Extended	PASS
44	TD.PD.SNK3.E5	TD.PD.SNK3.E5 SenderResponseTimer Timeout Source Capabilities Extended	PASS
45	TD.PD.SNK3.E6	TD.PD.SNK3.E6 Get Status Fields Checks	PASS
46	TD.PD.SNK3.E7	TD.PD.SNK3.E7 Get Battery Status Fields Checks	PASS
47	TD.PD.SNK3.E8	TD.PD.SNK3.E8 Status sent timely	PASS
48	TD.PD.SNK3.E9	TD.PD.SNK3.E9 Manufacturer Info Sent Timely	PASS
49	TD.PD.SNK3.E10	TD.PD.SNK3.E10 Source Capabilities Extended sent timely	PASS
50	TD.PD.SNK3.E11	TD.PD.SNK3.E11 Receiving chunked extended message	PASS
51	TD.PD.SNK3.E12	TD.PD.SNK3.E12 Soft Reset sent regardless of Rp value	PASS
54	TD.PD.SNK3.E15	TD.PD.SNK3.E15 Status Fields Checks	PASS
55	TD.PD.SNK3.E16	TD.PD.SNK3.E16 Manufacturer Info Fields Checks	PASS
56	TD.PD.SNK3.E17	TD.PD.SNK3.E17 Manufacturer Info Fields Checks Invalid Manufacturer Info Target	PASS
57	TD.PD.SNK3.E18	TD.PD.SNK3.E18 Manufacturer Info Fields Checks Invalid Manufacturer Info Ref	PASS
58	TD.PD.SNK3.E19	TD.PD.SNK3.E19 ChunkSenderResponseTimer Timeout	PASS
59	TD.PD.VDM3.E1	TD.PD.VDM3.E1 Fields Checks Discover Identity	PASS
60	TD.PD.VDM3.E2	TD.PD.VDM3.E2 Unrecognized VID in Unstructured VDM	PASS
61	TD.PD.PRSISNK3.E1	TD.PD.PRSISNK3.E1 Collision Avoidance after PR-Swap	PASS
64	TD.PD.VNDI3.E3	TD.PD.VNDI3.E3 VDM Identity	FAIL
68	TD.PD.VNDI3.E7	TD.PD.VNDI3.E7 Security Msgs Supported	FAIL

PD2 Deterministic Tests- Results Summary

Sl No	Test ID	Test Name	Test Result
1	TD.PD.LL.E1	TD.PD.LL.E1 GoodCrc Timing	PASS
2	TD.PD.LL.E2	TD.PD.LL.E2 Retransmission	PASS
3	TD.PD.LL.E3	TD.PD.LL.E3 Soft Reset Usage	PASS
4	TD.PD.LL.E4	TD.PD.LL.E4 Hard Reset Usage	PASS
5	TD.PD.LL.E5	TD.PD.LL.E5 Soft Reset	PASS
6	TD.PD.LL.E6	TD.PD.LL.E6 Ping	PASS
7	TD.PD.SRC.E1	TD.PD.SRC.E1 Source Capabilities sent timely	PASS
8	TD.PD.SRC.E2	TD.PD.SRC.E2 Source Capabilities Fields Checks	PASS
9	TD.PD.SRC.E3	TD.PD.SRC.E3 SourceCapabilityTimer Timeout	PASS
10	TD.PD.SRC.E4	TD.PD.SRC.E4 SenderResponseTimer Deadline Request	PASS
11	TD.PD.SRC.E5	TD.PD.SRC.E5 SenderResponseTimer Timeout Request	PASS
12	TD.PD.SRC.E6	TD.PD.SRC.E6 PSHardResetTimer Timeout	PASS
13	TD.PD.SRC.E7	TD.PD.SRC.E7 Accept sent timely	PASS
14	TD.PD.SRC.E8	TD.PD.SRC.E8 Accept Fields Checks	PASS
15	TD.PD.SRC.E9	TD.PD.SRC.E9 PS RDY sent timely	PASS
16	TD.PD.SRC.E10	TD.PD.SRC.E10 PS RDY Fields Checks	PASS
17	TD.PD.SRC.E11	TD.PD.SRC.E11 Accept Requests can be met	PASS
18	TD.PD.SRC.E12	TD.PD.SRC.E12 Reject Requests cannot be met	PASS
19	TD.PD.SRC.E13	TD.PD.SRC.E13 Reject Request Invalid Object Position	PASS
20	TD.PD.SRC.E14	TD.PD.SRC.E14 Atomic Message Sequence	PASS
21	TD.PD.SRC.E15	TD.PD.SRC.E15 Give Source Cap	PASS
22	TD.PD.SRC.E16	TD.PD.SRC.E16 PDO Transition	PASS
23	TD.PD.SNK.E1	TD.PD.SNK.E1 SinkWaitCapTimer Deadline	PASS
24	TD.PD.SNK.E2	TD.PD.SNK.E2 SinkWaitCapTimer Timeout	PASS
25	TD.PD.SNK.E3	TD.PD.SNK.E3 Request Sent Timely	PASS
26	TD.PD.SNK.E4	TD.PD.SNK.E4 Request Fields Checks	PASS
27	TD.PD.SNK.E5	TD.PD.SNK.E5 SenderResponseTimer Deadline Accept	PASS
28	TD.PD.SNK.E6	TD.PD.SNK.E6 SenderResponseTimer Timeout Accept	PASS
29	TD.PD.SNK.E7	TD.PD.SNK.E7 PSTransitionTimer Deadline	PASS
30	TD.PD.SNK.E8	TD.PD.SNK.E8 PSTransitionTimer Timeout	PASS
31	TD.PD.SNK.E9	TD.PD.SNK.E9 GetSinkCap in Place of Accept	PASS
32	TD.PD.SNK.E10	TD.PD.SNK.E10 GetSinkCap in Place of PS RDY	PASS
34	TD.PD.PC.E2	TD.PD.PC.E2 PS RDY Sent Timely	PASS
35	TD.PD.PC.E3	TD.PD.PC.E3 PSSourceOnTimer Deadline	PASS
37	TD.PD.PC.E5	TD.PD.PC.E5 tSwapSinkReady Check	PASS
49	TD.PD.VDMU.E6	TD.PD.VDMU.E6 tVDMReceiverResponse Discover Identity	PASS
50	TD.PD.VDMU.E7	TD.PD.VDMU.E7 tVDMReceiverResponse Discover SVIDs	PASS
51	TD.PD.VDMU.E8	TD.PD.VDMU.E8 tVDMReceiverResponse Discover Modes	PASS
52	TD.PD.VDMU.E9	TD.PD.VDMU.E9 tVDMReceiverResponse Enter and Exit Mode	PASS
53	TD.PD.VDMU.E10	TD.PD.VDMU.E10 Incorrect SVID_Discover Identity	PASS
54	TD.PD.VDMU.E11	TD.PD.VDMU.E11 Incorrect SVID Discover SVIDs	PASS
55	TD.PD.VDMU.E12	TD.PD.VDMU.E12 Incorrect SVID Discover Modes	PASS
56	TD.PD.VDMU.E13	TD.PD.VDMU.E13 Incorrect SVID Enter Mode	PASS
57	TD.PD.VDMU.E14	TD.PD.VDMU.E14 Incorrect SVID Exit Mode	PASS
58	TD.PD.VDMU.E15	TD.PD.VDMU.E15 Applicability	PASS
59	TD.PD.VDMU.E16	TD.PD.VDMU.E16 Interruption by PD Command	PASS
62	TD.PD.VDMU.E19	TD.PD.VDMU.E19 Version	PASS
63	TD.PD.VDMD.E1	TD.PD.VDMD.E1 tVDMSenderResponse Deadline Discover Identity	PASS
64	TD.PD.VDMD.E2	TD.PD.VDMD.E2 tVDMSenderResponse Timeout Discover Identity	PASS
65	TD.PD.VDMD.E3	TD.PD.VDMD.E3 Incorrect Fields Discover Identity	PASS
66	TD.PD.VDMD.E4	TD.PD.VDMD.E4 Applicability	PASS
77	TD.PD.PHY.E1	TD.PD.PHY.E1 BIST Test Data	PASS
80	TD.PD.PHY.E4	TD.PD.PHY.E4 Transmitter Bit Rate and Bit Rate Drift	PASS
81	TD.PD.PHY.E5	TD.PD.PHY.E5 Transmitter Collision Avoidance	PASS
82	TD.PD.PHY.E6	TD.PD.PHY.E6 Receiver Swing Tolerance	PASS
83	TD.PD.PHY.E7	TD.PD.PHY.E7 Receiver Bit Rate Tolerance	PASS
84	TD.PD.PHY.E8	TD.PD.PHY.E8 Receiver Bit Rate Deviation Tolerance	PASS
85	TD.PD.PHY.E9	TD.PD.PHY.E9 Valid SOP Framing	PASS
86	TD.PD.PHY.E10	TD.PD.PHY.E10 Invalid SOP Framing	PASS
87	TD.PD.PHY.E11	TD.PD.PHY.E11 Valid SOP P Framing	PASS
88	TD.PD.PHY.E12	TD.PD.PHY.E12 Invalid SOP P Framing	PASS
89	TD.PD.PHY.E13	TD.PD.PHY.E13 Valid SOP PP Framing	PASS
90	TD.PD.PHY.E14	TD.PD.PHY.E14 Invalid SOP PP Framing	PASS
91	TD.PD.PHY.E15	TD.PD.PHY.E15 SOP P_Debug SOP PP Debug Framing	PASS
92	TD.PD.PHY.E16	TD.PD.PHY.E16 Valid Hard Reset Framing	PASS
93	TD.PD.PHY.E17	TD.PD.PHY.E17 Invalid Hard Reset Framing	PASS
94	TD.PD.PHY.E18	TD.PD.PHY.E18 Valid Cable Reset Framing	PASS
95	TD.PD.PHY.E19	TD.PD.PHY.E19 Invalid Cable Reset Framing	PASS
96	TD.PD.PHY.E20	TD.PD.PHY.E20 EOP Framing	PASS
97	TD.PD.PHY.E21	TD.PD.PHY.E21 Preamble	PASS

PD2 Communication Engine Tests- Results 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
6	TDA.2.1.3.2	TDA.2.1.3.2 BMC PHY MSG	PASS
7	TDA.2.2.1	TDA.2.2.1 BMC PROT SEQ GETCAPS	PASS
8	TDA.2.2.2.1	TDA.2.2.2.1 BMC PROT SEQ CHKCAB P PC	PASS
9	TDA.2.2.2.2	TDA.2.2.2.2 BMC PROT SEQ CHKCAP NOMARK P PC	PASS
11	TDA.2.2.2.4	TDA.2.2.2.4 BMC PROT SEQ CHKCAP NOMRK CP ACC	FAIL
16	TDA.2.2.7	TDA.2.2.7 BMC PROT BIST NOT 5V SRC	PASS
18	TDA.2.2.9	TDA.2.2.9 BMC PROT GSC REC	PASS
20	TDA.2.3.1.1	TDA.2.3.1.1 POW SRC LOAD P PC	PASS
21	TDA.2.3.1.2	TDA.2.3.1.2 POW SRC LOAD CP ACC	FAIL
22	TDA.2.3.2.1	TDA.2.3.2.1 POW SRC TRANS P PC	PASS
24	TDA.2.3.3.1	TDA.2.3.3.1 POW SNK TRANS C CP	FAIL
25	TDA.2.3.3.2	TDA.2.3.3.2 POW SNK TRANS PC	PASS