There’s also the upcoming Zima Blade that is very tiny too, quite a bit cheaper, with a SO-DIMM slot, single Ethernet port, and USB-C powered.
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1bbD1kw334
Honestly, for me, total dealbreaker for a product like this. Not only will it never work with anything other than the original PSU, that PSU will likely fry anything else you plug it into.
USB-C simply describes a connector. USB-PD is one of many optional power over USB-C specifications you can use, or choose not to use. Heck, USB-PD v1 supports power delivery over USB-A connectors.
The document you mention is the specification for implementing USB 3.0 on a USB type C connector.
I hope so that you can pressure the Promoter Group into not making the same mistakes with USB-D. :)
Have a look at https://web.archive.org/web/20161220102924/http://www.usb.or... slide 45. Note how all the power requirements also list an associated USB spec.
Looking back I will give you that 5v is required for vconn.
> You cannot build a power source that uses a USB-C connector and doesn’t support 5V and call it “USB Type-C”.
Yet this whole conversation thread shows that is not the case. By not joining the IF you can do as you please.
A great example of this is the Ubiquti Theta cable (https://tinyurl.com/5asf8wpp) where they implemented a completely proprietary cable (as far as I can tell) with "USB Type-C" on both ends.
In the case of the Zimaboard, this is basically a 12V barrel jack with a different shape. It just dumps 12V out on the pins with no negotiation or considerations of the client device.
I suspect if the downstream device was already 12V compliant, it might survive, but I wouldn't count on that nor would I be willing to test it.