#usb-c output

[miniaturedelusionreview]

I bought myself a new smartphone this summer and suddenly I had a problem. I couldn't connect it to my car stereo. I know. I am a girl. I should worry more about lipstick and high heels. LOL But music is everything to me and how I loved giving Spotify a spin in my car when I was fed up with the CDs.

Driving I like and music it must be when I am driving. Yeah, I know the world is in deep shit and who cares about my car stereo problems... but anyway... my old phone had this 3,5 mm audio jack output, and that worked fine with a cable in my car, but the new one didn't have that. But a bright idea came to mind that there had to be another thing I could buy that could connect my usb-c output on the phone with the 3,5 audio jack cable in the car, and of course something like that existed... So I bought that white cable in the picture, and my life was on track again. But the happiness only lasted for so long... this white cable made the music volume so bad. I had to turn up the volume almost full to hear the music coming from the phone. Argh! But it kind of worked, so I just accepted this.

But today another bright idea came to my mind and that was maybe there is a 3,5 mm audio jack cable that has got a usb-c input on the other end so you have it all in one cable? Then the sound is bound to be better. And of course, a cable like that exists, so today I bought that, and now the sound is good. :-) I know. I probably should have thought about this sooner. There was a time I had more knowledge about cables, but that was a long time ago, and the world has changed a lot since then.

[orangameelectronics]

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[mostlysignssomeportents]

American education has all the downsides of standardization, none of the upsides

Catch me in Miami! I'll be at Books and Books in Coral Gables on Jan 22 at 8PM.

We moved to America in 2015, in time for my kid to start third grade. Now she's a year away from graduating high school (!) and I've had a front-row seat for the US K-12 system in a district rated as one of the best in the country. There were ups and downs, but high school has been a monster.

We're a decade and a half into the "common core" experiment in educational standardization. The majority of the country has now signed up to a standardized and rigid curriculum that treats overworked teachers as untrustworthy slackers who need to be disciplined by measuring their output through standard lessons and evaluations:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Core

This system is rigid enough, but it gets even worse at the secondary level, especially when combined with the Advanced Placement (AP) courses, which adds another layer of inflexible benchmarks to the highest-stakes, most anxiety-provoking classes in the system:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Placement

It is a system singularly lacking in grace. Ironically, this unforgiving system was sold as a way of correcting the injustice at the heart of the US public education system, which funds schools based on local taxation. That means that rich neighborhoods have better funded schools. Rather than equalizing public educational funding, the standardizers promised to ensure the quality of instruction at the worst-funded schools by measuring the educational outcomes with standard tools.

But the joke's on the middle-class families who backed standardized instruction over standardized funding. Their own kids need slack as much as anyone's, and a system that promises to put the nation's kids through the same benchmarks on the same timetable is bad for everyone:

https://pluralistic.net/2021/11/28/give-me-slack-2/

Undoing this is above my pay-grade. I've already got more causes to crusade on than I have time for. But there is a piece of tantalyzingly low-hanging fruit that is dangling right there, and even though I'm not gonna pick it, I can't get it out of my head, so I figured I'd write about it and hope I can lazyweb it into existence.

The thing is, there's a reason that standardization takes hold in so many domains. Agreeing on a common standard enables collaboration by many entities without any need for explicit agreements or coordination. The existence of the ANSI/SAE J563 standard automobile auxiliary power outlet (AKA "car cigarette lighter") didn't just allow many manufacturers to make replacement lighter plugs. The existence of a standardized receptacle delivering standardized voltage to standardized contacts let all kinds of gadgets be designed to fit in that socket.

Standards crystallize the space of all possible ways of solving a problem into a range of solutions. This inevitably has a downside, because the standardized range might not be optimal for all applications. Think of the EU's requirement for USB-C charger tips on all devices. There's a lot of reasons that manufacturers prefer different charger tips for different gadgets. Some of those reasons are bad (gouging you on replacement chargers), but some are good (unique form-factor, specific smart-charging needs). USB-C is a very flexible standard (indeed, it's so flexible that some people complain that it's not a standard at all!) but there are some applications where the optimal solution is outside its parameters.

And still, I think that the standardization on USB-C is a force for good. I have drawers full of gadgets that need proprietary charger tips, and other drawers full of chargers with proprietary tips, and damned if I can make half of them match up. We've continued our pandemic lockdown tradition of my wife cutting my hair in the back yard, and just tracking the three different charger tips for the three clippers she uses is an ongoing source of frustration. I'd happily trade slightly sub-optimal charging for just being able to plug any of those clippers into the same cable I charge my headphones, phone, tablet and laptop on.

The standardization of American education has produced all the downsides of standardization – a rigid, often suboptimal, one-size-fits-all system – without the benefits. With teachers across America teaching in lockstep, often from the same set texts (especially in the AP courses), there's a massive opportunity for a commons to go with the common core.

For example, the AP English and History classes my kid takes use standard texts that are often centuries old and hard to puzzle out. I watched my kid struggle with texts for learning about "persuasive rhetoric" like 17th century pamphlets that inspired anti-indigenous pogroms with fictional accounts of "Indian atrocities."

It's good for American schoolkids to learn about the use of these blood libels to excuse genocide, but these pamphlets are a slog. Even with glossaries in the textbooks, it's a slow, word-by-word matter to parse these out. I can't imagine anyone learning a single thing about how speech persuades people just by reading that text.

But there's nothing in the standardized curriculum that prevents teachers from adding more texts to the unit. We live in an unfortunate golden age for persuasive texts that inspire terrible deeds – for example, kids could also read core Pizzagate texts and connect the guy who shot up the pizza parlor to the racists who formed a 17th century lynchmob.

But teachers are incredibly time-constrained. For one thing, at least a third of the AP classroom time seems to be taken up with detailed instructions for writing stilted, stylized "essays" for the AP tests (these are terrible writing, but they're easy to grade in a standardized way).

That's where standardization could actually deliver some benefits. If just one teacher could produce some supplemental materials and accompanying curriculum, the existence of standards means that every other teacher could use it. What's more, any adaptations that teachers make to that unit to make them suited to their kids would also work for the other teachers in the USA. And because the instruction is so rigidly standardized, all of these materials could be keyed to metadata that precisely identified the units they belonged to.

The closest thing we have to this are "marketplaces" where teachers can sell each other their supplementary materials. As far as I can tell, the only people making real money from these marketplaces are the grifters who built them and convinced teachers to paywall the instructional materials that could otherwise form a commons.

Like I said, I've got a completely overfull plate, but if I found myself at loose ends, trying to find a project to devote the rest of my life to, I'd be pitching funders on building a national, open access portal to build an educational commons.

It may be a lot to expect teachers to master the intricacies of peer-based co-production tools like Git, but there's already a system like this that K-8 teachers across the country have mastered: Scratch. Scratch is a graphic programming environment for kids, and starting with 2019's Scratch 3.0, the primary way to access it is via an in-browser version that's hosted at scratch.mit.edu.

Scratch's online version is basically a kid- (and teacher-)friendly version of Github. Find a project you like, make a copy in your own workspace, and then mod it to suit your own needs. The system keeps track of the lineage of different projects and makes it easy for Scratch users to find, adapt, and share their own projects. The wild popularity of this system tells us that this model for a managed digital commons for an educational audience is eminently achievable.

So when students are being asked to study the rhythm of text by counting the numbers of words in the sentences of important speeches, they could supplement that very boring exercise by listening to and analyzing contemporary election speeches, or rap lyrics, or viral influencer videos. Different teachers could fork these units to swap in locally appropriate comparitors – and so could students!

Students could be given extra credit for identifying additional materials that slot into existing curricular projects – Tiktok videos, new chart-topping songs, passages from hot YA novels. These, too, could go into the commons.

This would enlist students in developing and thinking critically about their curriculum, whereas today, these activities are often off-limits to students. For example, my kid's math teachers don't hand back their quizzes after they're graded. The teachers only have one set of quizzes per unit, and letting the kids hold onto them would leak an answer-key for the next batch of test-takers.

I can't imagine learning math this way. "You got three questions wrong but I won't let you see them" is no way to help a student focus on the right areas to improve their understanding.

But there's no reason that math teachers in a commons built around the (unfortunately) rigid procession of concepts and testing couldn't generate procedural quizzes, specified with a simple programming language. These tests could even be automatically graded, and produce classroom stats on which concepts the whole class is struggling with. Each quiz would be different, but cover the same ground.

When I help my kid with her homework, we often find disorganized and scattered elements of this system – a teacher might post extensive notes on teaching a specific unit. A publisher might produce a classroom guide that connects a book to specific parts of the common core. But these are scattered across the web, and they aren't keyed to the specific, standard components of common core and AP.

This is a standardized system that is all costs, no benefits. It has no "architecture of participation" that lets teachers, students, parents, practitioners and even commercial publishers collaborate to produce a commons that all may share and improve upon.

In an ideal world, we'd get rid of standardization in education, pay teachers well, give them the additional time they needed to prepare exciting and relevant curriculum, and fund all our schools based on need, not parents' income.

But in the meanwhile, we could be making lemonade of out lemons. If we're going to have standardization, we should at least have the collaboration standards enable.

I'm Kickstarting the audiobook for The Bezzle, the sequel to Red Team Blues, narrated by @wilwheaton! You can pre-order the audiobook and ebook, DRM free, as well as the hardcover, signed or unsigned. There's also bundles with Red Team Blues in ebook, audio or paperback.

If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this post to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:

https://pluralistic.net/2024/01/16/flexibility-in-the-margins/#a-commons

[adafruit]

Fruit Jam RP2350B credit-card mini computer with all the fixin's 🍓🍇💾

We were catching up on a recent Hackaday hackchat with Eben Upton (https://hackaday.io/event/202122-raspberry-pi-hack-chat-with-eben-upton) and learned some fun facts: such as the DVI hack for the RP2040 was inspired by a device called the IchigoJam (https://www.hackster.io/news/ichigojam-combines-strawberry-and-raspberry-to-deliver-a-raspberry-pi-pico-powered-educational-micro-66aa5d2f6eec). We remember reading about this back when it was an LPC1114, now it uses an RP2040. Well, we're wrapping up the Metro RP2350 (https://www.adafruit.com/product/6003), and lately, we've been joking around that with DVI output and USB Host support via bit-banged PIO, you could sorta build a little stand-alone computer. Well, one pear-green-tea-fueled-afternoon later we tried our hand at designing a 'credit card sized' computer - that's 3.375" x 2.125", about the same size as a business card (https://hackaday.com/2024/05/07/the-2024-business-card-challenge-starts-now/) and turns out there's even a standard named for it: ISO/IEC 7810 ID-1 (https://www.iso.org/standard/70483.html).

Anyhow, with the extra pins of the QFN-80 RP2350B, we're able to jam a ridonkulous amount of hardware into this shape: RP2350B dual 150MHz Cortex M33 w/ PicoProbe debug port, 16 MB Flash + 8 MB PSRAM, USB type C for bootloading/USB client, Micro SD card with SPI or SDIO, DVI output on the HSTX port, I2S stereo headphone + mono speaker via the TLV320DAC3100 (https://www.digikey.com/en/products/detail/texas-instruments/tlv320dac3100irhbt/2353656), 2-port USB type A hub for both keyboard and mouse or game controllers, chunky on-off switch, Stemma QT I2C + Stemma classic JST 3-pin, EYESPI for TFT displays, 5x NeoPixels, 3x tactile switches, and a 16-pin socket header with 10 A/D GPIO + 5V/3V/GND power pins. The PSRAM will help when we want to do things like run emulations that we need to store in fast RAM access, and it will also let us use the main SRAM as the DVI video buffer.

When we get the PCBs back and assembled, what should we try running on this hardware? We're pretty sure it can run DOOM. Should that be first? :) We also need a name. Right now, we're just calling it Fruit Jam since it's inspired by the IchigoJam project.

[cecils-dragons]

your art is so incredible!! i just found your blog and now im inspired to draw for the first time in a long time your style is so good :D if you dont mind me asking, what art program do you use? do you have any brush suggestions?

Ah! I am happy that I could inspire you so, it is always a shocking delight to hear such things, especially as an untrained artist myself, but thank you. I use Procreate and despite what people say, I enjoy using the default brushes. No settings changed, just using them in their original forms.

For the rougher brush like the beetle I just posted, I use dry ink.

And for the softer pieces like the previous merpeople, I use round brush.

But for other applications, I use Clip Studio Paint. I haven't been able to use it lately tho as my laptop died(really need to get it fixed but that is out of my control) and my PC tablet has finally died after nearly 10 years and me messing up it's cable too many times(that will be harder to replace as I do not have any USB C adapters on my PC and everything uses those now).

Everything I post is technically rough or a sketch, hence the jagged lines and imperfections, but that is how my brain works due to a mixture of impatience from ADHD and energy output I have. Perfection is not needed to be able to share your art, sharing is part of learning and growing. I hope you can create more and that you may enjoy your creation along the way.

[riflebrass]

I had to get a new phone and it's been a pain in the ass. I'm finally forced into USB C so I need to get a few cables for it.

I have to deal with no aux output too. My truck stereo doesn't have Bluetooth and I think USB only works on iphones. I don't want to get a whole new stereo so I think I'll just use one of my Bluetooth headsets.

Funny enough the kid at the store was saying my old phone wasn't worth keeping anymore because it's an 8 year old model which is the equivalent of driving a 25 year old car. I definitely trust an older car over the modern ones lmao.

[processzine-org]

🕸 // CRT Revival Log: Streaming the Future Through a 6-Inch Past 🕸

(yes, that’s a Crown Japan 6” colour TV running a movie via digital stream)

Screenshots + clip from a rig I finally got running this week. Streaming a full HD film through a 1980s-era mini CRT using an iMac as the source and the Crown TV as a second screen. Grain, glow, ghosting — all present and correct.

What you’re seeing:

A digital movie (via streaming service) downscaled and output to a Crown Japan 6” colour television

Photos taken mid-playback — complete with scanlines, soft bloom, and that soft edge warble you only get from analog displays

Desktop and browser from the iMac peeking through in one shot — reminder this whole thing’s being routed from a modern machine

Rig Details / Adapters Used: 🔌 iMac (Thunderbolt 3/USB-C) ⬇️ USB-C → HDMI adapter ⬇️ HDMI → RCA/AV converter box (powered, with selectable NTSC/PAL output) 🔌 RCA cables into the AV input on the Crown TV (UHF/VHF, analog input only) 🧠 macOS in extended desktop mode — dragging video windows across onto the CRT like it’s 1998 again

The result is a kind of digital séance — pulling the sharpness of now through the fuzz and hum of then. Glorious, distorted, alive.

Long live scanlines. 📺

[shadowblade8192]

Saw your tags on my voyager post and im looking at getting a new phone since google bricked my old one. Is your fairphone good? As in, does the battery last a while? And does it lag/go slow? Ive not heard of the company before but a quick google tells me theyre good. Just want an honest user experience to decide

im not a heavy mobile user, but i have heard some people say that the battery life could be better. to counteract that however, you can swap the battery toollessly so i have an "emergency charge" battery. plus when battery health inevitable degrades you can easily swap in a new one. if you wanna compare it to other things, its a 4200mAh battery

never encountered any lag, and i doubt there would be any unless you are running particularly intensive tasks on it (its got like 8gb ram on the regular model and 6gb on the budget one, my old phone had like 2 lol)

i will mention a couple issues ive had though, firstly you arent at the bleeding edge of software updates, but they arent stagnated (in fact i have a software update i should probably go and put on now lol), and secondly theres ghosting on the pixels when youre at low brightness (but thats just a problem with oled panels in general i think), and thirdly it doesnt have a 3.5mm jack, but the bluetooth earbuds and headphones they offer are also repairable, with any batteries easy to replace. still not too fond of the lack of a headphone jack but ill take the option for repairable earbuds over nothing)

another problem that can be a deal breaker for a lot of people is the price. however thats really more "other phones are wayyyyy too cheap" and not "the fairphone is expensive", since they make it fair, the workers get paid far better and that moneys gotta come from somewhere. apparently i have a 50 euro discount code to refer people? so that can be something (will clarify that i get 25 euros of fairphone store credit for anyone who uses that. can still share it if you want) but it can be cheaper to buy it from a third party reseller

the fp5 was released in 2023 so the "its gonna last like 8-10 years" is based off that (have not heard any mention of the fp6 being on the horizon, but even having a phone last 6-8 years is still at least 2-3 times as long as the average phone, i got mine last year for example so ill get like 7-9 years), and its got a pretty good warranty (i think its 2-3 years by default and you can register for an extra 5?)

also i will admit i have some bias saying its good because my previous phone was, to put it lightly, complete shit (micro usb charging. thats the sort of level im talking about) so im wowed by some relatively basic features like an nfc reader and dp alt mode on the usb c port (if you dont know what that is, basically you can connect a dongle/usb hub and get a display output)

if you arent doing computationally intense/otherwise incredibly battery draining tasks all the time youll be fine.

[latenightgasstationwalk]

So excited for my lil portable amp im guna get this Friday. Rechargeable internal battery, 3 dc outputs do you can play with pedals if you want too, blue tooth, clean, distorted and delay tones built in. I’m so stoked. I have absolutely no space or outlets to plug an amp of any kind in but I can charge a usb-C accessory. More electric videos to come in the future I hope.

[govindhtech]

Lenovo Duet Chromebook Powered By MediaTek Kompanio 838

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[babylaptop]

setting up an ipod is harder than you fucking think

just spent the last life four+ hours setting up this ipod classic 4th gen. here's a summary of all the problems i ran into:

(1) ipod had files in it. they appeared as gray and un-editable on itunes, so i thought reseting the ipod to factory would be the fastest and easiest solution.

turns out the last step of the process is connecting ipod to a wall power source. i do this. nothing happens for at least an hour. ipod is stuck in "connect to the wall" icon screen no matter what i do. the internet says it needs to connect with an actual apple firewire wall connector, which i do not have. tried using my ipad's charger with a usb-to-usb-c adapter that i own. didn't work. eventually figured it out the problem had to do with the amps it needs to get defibrillated. i remember that i own a pretty hefty power bank with a 5v/2.1a output. it works. ipod is reset. i have a nice fun time adding the 6 or so songs i have downloaded on my computer (:

(2) i had downloaded soulseek a while ago and gotten frustrated with it but decided to give it another spin since piracy experts on reddit sing it many praises. it seems to have a heavy culture of egalitarianism: a pop up window informs you that a lot of people's download's are restricted only to other people sharing files.

__(2.1) it prompts me to enter my account and password but i don't have one. there isn't an immediatly visible 'create account' link. i google this. eventually i find this soulseek forum where a ton of normies are asking questions pretty regularly. excellent. i search my problems and someone else has already made a post and had the question answered. thank you normies. also: google groups is still a thing???????

the inability to create an account is a weird bug. someone's answer tells me how to circumvent it.

__(2.2) i still can't search for anything. there are no files in this wasteland. i turn on my vpn. put my humble six songs in a folder and share it. voila!!!!!!!

soulseek is actually VERY cool. you can browse other people's music folders, which opens an incredible secret world of possibilities re: finding new music similar to your tastes. EXTREMELY exciting. feels like i'm in a cool secret club of the internet. feels like the old internet.

i download one (1) lana del rey song that's stuck in my head. choose .flac (a lossless audio file) because i want to be fancy.

(3) ...........itunes doesn't read .flac files

__(3.1) searches: what files does itunes read? > which of these files is best for lossless audio? > how do i convert .flac files to itunes-compatible file types? > download foobar2000 > click around till i figure out how to convert .flac files to .wav files.

__(3.2) it works! (: the songs are now in itunes! (:

............but the metadata (album cover, genres, artist, album, etc) doesn't transfer. i don't want to manually input it again. searches: how to keep metadata when converting files? tutorial is slightly different from the version of foobar i have, but i eventually find the setting to keep the metadata.

(4) it works! (:

.............but it won't transfer to my ipod ): i get the message: your ipod can't read this file <- paraphrasing.

okay. searches: what kind of files can an ipod classic 4th gen read? (perhaps they are different from the files itunes can read. this is, after all, the last version of itunes ever released, many years and itunes versions after the ipod classic 4th gen.)

this information isn't in the wikipedia page. this isn't in the ipod wiki. can't even find this model in the official apple pages. it's mentioned in several reviews but it's the wrong model. christ almighty. ok. here it is. found it. allegedly it should be able to read it. ok. why isn't it.

read through forum threads. some people say older ipods get fussy with high bitrates. (search: what is a bitrate? oh ok. higher bitrate > higher audio quality. got it.)

bitrates reccomended by foobar: 180-300something. lossless file bitrate: 2000 and change. hm. surely that's a huge difference.

i convert the .flac file to .mp3 instead.

__(4.1) it works! (: the files are in my ipod! (:

.....but goddamnit, i'm stubborn, and this goddamn ipod is supposed to be able to read apple lossless files (basically a .flac file, but designed to be used with apple products. lol.) i don't want a lameass mp3, i want lossless goddamn quality! even if this brick of an ipod won't be able to play it! it's the principle of the thing!

______(4.1.1) okay. try to fuck around with bitrates in the settings of the apple lossless conversion on foobar. foobar is like "you don't have the right encoder pack, bitch" <- paraphrasing.

oooh. surely, this is the problem. i download encoder pack.

______(4.1.2) foobar is like: "you don't have the right encoder pack, bitch" <- paraphrasing.

me: [crying] but i did.

foobar: bitch.

______(4.1.3) search: why is foobar calling me a bitch? > reddit thread: look closely at the sphynx's riddles three: it doesn't say "you haven't downloaded the encoder pack." it says: you haven't installed the encoder pack. (<- NOT A JOKE.)

go to C: > program files > foobar > find the encoder pack i downloaded > click on all the .exe files. powershell windows appear and dissappear. basically: stuff happened. i'm certian.

_____________(3.4.3.1) i'm STILL getting the riddles three message, but the same reddit thread says: if you know you solved th riddles three, you can just ignore it (: so i do.

__(4.2) .flac files seem to have been successfully converted to apple lossless files !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

....but i am back to "your ipod can't read this shit!!!!!!!!!"

do some more searches > turns out it's a weird itunes glitch. the thing is just moody. try turning it on and off. try disconnecting and re-connecting. try resetting your ipod again.

try uninstalling and installing again.

(5) "iTunes Library.itl cannot be read because it was created by a newer version of iTunes"

.......................to be continued. if i don't kill mysuelf first.

[orangameelectronics]

Dual USB-C Output Portable Solar Panel Power Bank – Your Ultimate Outdoo...

Embark on your outdoor adventures with confidence and convenience with our Dual USB-C Output Portable Solar Panel Power Bank 20000mAh. This innovative power bank is designed to keep you connected and powered up, no matter where your explorations take you. Let's delve into the exceptional features that make this power bank a must-have for outdoor enthusiasts like yourself.

Crafted from durable ABS+TPU material and powered by a high-capacity 20000mAh Li-polymer cell, this power bank is built to withstand the demands of outdoor use while providing reliable power for your devices. While it doesn't support Display, it features LED lighting for added functionality and convenience.

Equipped with a 5V/300mA mono crystalline silicon solar panel, this power bank harnesses the power of the sun to keep your devices charged even in remote locations. The integration of fast charging, lightning, and waterproof features makes this power bank the perfect companion for outdoor enthusiasts who value efficiency and durability.

Featuring dual USB-C outputs and multiple charging interfaces, including USB, Micro-USB, and USB/DC, this power bank offers versatile charging options for a variety of devices, including mobile phones, tablets, and cameras. Its compact dimensions and sleek design make it easy to carry and use during your outdoor excursions.

Keywords like #TechInnovation, #Flashlight, and #BatterySaver perfectly encapsulate the essence of this dual USB-C output portable solar panel power bank. Stay juiced up, charge on the go, and power up your devices with our powerful and versatile power bank. Elevate your outdoor experiences, stay connected everywhere, and make the most of your adventures with this essential tech accessory by your side.

Experience the convenience and power of our Dual USB-C Output Portable Solar Panel Power Bank 20000mAh, designed to enhance your outdoor adventures and keep you connected on the go. With its innovative features, durable design, and efficient charging capabilities, this power bank is the ultimate companion for outdoor enthusiasts seeking a reliable and versatile charging solution. Stay powered up, stay connected, and embrace the freedom of exploring the great outdoors with our essential tech gadget. Follow us at https://user185638.psce.pw/6v9ax7 if you’re interested!

[allaboutkeyingo]

How to mirror iPhone to PC in Windows 11?

Mirroring your iPhone to a Windows 11 PC isn’t as straightforward as mirroring an Android device, but you can do it using third-party apps or workarounds. Here are the best methods:

Method 1: Use AirPlay (If Supported)

Some Windows 11 PCs with AirPlay receiver support (like certain Intel-based systems) can receive iPhone screen mirroring directly:

Ensure your PC and iPhone are on the same Wi-Fi network.、

Ensure your PC and iPhone are on the same Wi-Fi network.

On your iPhone, open Control Center (swipe down from the top-right on newer models).

Tap Screen Mirroring.

If your PC appears in the list, select it.

Enter the AirPlay code if prompted.

Note: Most Windows PCs don’t natively support AirPlay, so this may not work unless you have an AirPlay-compatible app installed.

Method 2: Use a Third-Party App (Recommended)

Since Windows doesn’t natively support iPhone mirroring, you’ll need a third-party tool. Here are the best options:

Option A: LonelyScreen (Paid)

Download & install LonelyScreen on your PC.

Open the app and note the server name (e.g., “LonelyScreen”).

On your iPhone, open Control Center → Screen Mirroring.

Select the LonelyScreen server.

Your iPhone screen should now appear on your PC.

Option B: ApowerMirror (Free & Paid)

Install ApowerMirror on both your PC and iPhone.

Connect both devices to the same Wi-Fi.

On your iPhone, open ApowerMirror and tap “M” (Mirror).

Select your PC from the list.

Your iPhone screen will appear on your PC.

Option C: Reflector 4 (Paid)

Download Reflector 4 on your PC.

Open the app and note the device name.

On your iPhone, go to Control Center → Screen Mirroring.

Select your PC (Reflector) from the list.

The iPhone screen will mirror to your PC.

Method 3: Use a Wired Connection (5KPlayer)

If Wi-Fi mirroring is laggy, try a USB connection with 5KPlayer:

Install 5KPlayer on your PC.

Connect your iPhone via USB and trust the PC.

Open 5KPlayer, go to AirPlay → USB Connection.

On your iPhone, enable Screen Mirroring and select 5KPlayer.

Method 4: Use OBS Studio (Advanced, Requires Mac)

If you have a Mac, you can use OBS Studio with AirPlay and then stream to your PC:

On your Mac, enable AirPlay Receiver in System Settings → Sharing.

Mirror your iPhone to the Mac.

Use OBS Studio to capture the Mac screen.

Stream the OBS output to your Windows PC using NDI Tools or RTMP.

Which Method is Best?

For Wireless Mirroring: Use ApowerMirror or Reflector 4.

For Wired Mirroring: Use 5KPlayer with USB.

If You Have AirPlay Support: Try native Screen Mirroring.

If  you still do not have Windows 10/11， You can get it from our store keyingo.com

[adafruit]

mini Sparkle Motion prototype - a tiny, fully-featured WLED board ✨🔌📏💡🌈

We're doing a lot of serious testing with our WLED mega-board, code-name Sparkle Motion .

While doing some holiday lighting projects, we also wanted something slim enough to slip into any design. It still uses an ESP32 for the best support, with USB-serial programming, 5A fuse, 5V level shifting + 100 ohm series resistors for pixel drivers, user/reset buttons, a user LED and onboard neopixel, JST SH analog/digital connector, QT I2C connector, 4 GPIO plus power/ground breakouts, and USB type C power/data input.

However, this version is made simpler and less expensive by dropping the DC jack and USB PD support: it's only for 5V strips if you want to power them directly (you could still drive 12V or 24V pixels, but you'll need separate power for them). Instead of a full set of terminal blocks for 3 signals, we only have two outputs, and they have to share the power and ground pins. It could also be used for a single two-pin dotstar LED setup. We kept the built-in I2S mic but dropped the on-board IR sensor - if you want an IR sensor, you'll be able to plug it into the JST SH port with a simple cable or solder it into the breakout pads.

The trade-off is that it's much smaller and slimmer, especially when no terminal blocks are soldered in by default: only 1.2" long x 0.785" wide (~1 sq in) x 0.3" thick vs. the original's 2" x 1.3" (2.6 sq in) x 0.55". To get it that small, we went 4-layer to give us a nice big ground and 5V plane in the middle and double-sided assembly. Coming soon.

[the-jellicle-duelist]

my life at present with regards to the seemingly simple thing i would like to do of: play bluetooth audio from my iphone to my car's stereo is the absolutely most unhinged series of weirdness i have ever encountered the PROBLEM

in my 2015 Mazda CX-5, on my previous iphone 12, when you use spotify you cannot use Shuffle. i know Why this is: there is some kind of software issue from my Mazda that basically overwrites local control on spotify for whatever reason. TO ENABLE SHUFFLE via bluetooth you have to hold the VOICE COMMAND button and yell into your car: SHUFFLE ON. then it will shuffle.

i don't want to do this. i got a new iphone 16. the spotify shuffling thing is still there. AND NOW, periodically when i am driving around, my phone will just connect to random bluetooth devices. other iphones. amazon echo devices. which causes the audio stream from bluetooth to my car's stereo to sound like when a CD was bad and it skips and moves forward after it gets its life together TO ATTEMPT to SOLVE THIS

i have done a bunch of shit. the first thing i did was i picked up an android based audio player. the two problems with this is that i cannot hotpot from my phone to stream from spotify. the second problem is when connected via bluetooth, the audio levels seem to just get lower and lower despite no adjustments being made. so by the end of a half hour car ride i have maxed out my car's stereo and it's just so quiet.

i tried to pick up one of those car play displays. the one i got has an AUX port, but it doesn't seem to work. and you can use bluetooth, BUT IT JUST RUNS THE AUDIO FROM THE PHONE. so nothing was fixed at all. right now, i am using a usb c adapter with aux connection, and running it thru aux to the stereo. this ALSO SUCKS. because when there is not audio playing, it makes the worst audio interference sound you have ever heard. including when the spotify app is just loading the next song, or when a song has a portion in it that registers as like. 0DB or no output.

so this has been a nightmare for me in every single way.

[fishmech]

The thing is if you can't afford a new computer with at least 8 gb of RAM, then you can't afford a new computer. You're just going to have to wait, or preferably buy a used computer with that in there already.

Your goal when buying a laptop for yourself or someone else is that it should last 4 or 5 years if it doesn't get broken from physical damage. This is about the usual timeframe people keep such devices these days, and you're not going to manage that if you buy something so crippled from the get-go that it's already not very usable now. So that's why you look for at least 8gb of ram, a processor not older than 2020, 1920x1080 screen minimum. These are things that are still gonna let you do stuff that isn't gaming or high res video editing in like 2029.

and ideally you get a laptop thats either uses USB-c for its default charger or allows you to charge it in at least some capacity with a high power USB-c charger.

Because then if/when your main charger breaks you can always be assured that you can get a generic USB-C charger with Power Delivery and a high enough output (many do 65 or 90 or 100 watts now, more than enough to use and charge most laptops that offer USB-c charging) and you don't have to worry about finding your manufacturer's proprietary adapter or fiddling with those "universal charger" packs and finding the right tips and voltage setting. You can just buy a $40 USB-c pd charger and it'll also charge up your other modern shit like a phone or tablet or most wireless earbuds and ereaders and all that. Thank you European Union directives on standardized power designs which products in every country are moving to now.