# USB power outputs

**URL:** <https://community.frame.work/t/usb-power-outputs/19969>\
**Category:** Framework Laptop 13\
**Created:** [July 4, 2022, 12:35am UTC](https://community.frame.work/t/usb-power-outputs/19969 "2022-07-04T00:35:26Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![malcolm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e19b73/32.png) [@malcolm](https://community.frame.work/u/malcolm)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2022, 12:35am UTC](https://community.frame.work/t/usb-power-outputs/19969/1 "2022-07-04T00:35:26Z")

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Does anyone know what voltages and currents are supported with the USB-C expansion cards? It would make sense not to be able to output 20V at 3A but I wonder what it is capable of.

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**Author:** ![Josh\_Cook](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f0a364/32.png) [@Josh\_Cook](https://community.frame.work/u/Josh_Cook)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2022, 1:08am UTC](https://community.frame.work/t/usb-power-outputs/19969/2 "2022-07-04T01:08:50Z")

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Two ports can do 5v 3a and the other two can do 1.5a.

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**Author:** ![GhostLegion](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/community.frame.work/ghostlegion/32/3356_2.png) [@GhostLegion](https://community.frame.work/u/GhostLegion)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2022, 2:00am UTC](https://community.frame.work/t/usb-power-outputs/19969/3 "2022-07-04T02:00:43Z")

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> [@USB-C charging](http://community.frame.work/t/usb-c-charging/447/3):
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> Hi @Denys_Pasishnyi! Welcome! And yes we support USB-C Charging from most chargers up to 100W. I have spent some time making sure our charging can support as many chargers as possible, and our battery buck-boost charging architecture supports any charger voltage from 5V to 20V. The Laptop is designed to operate with chargers 60W+, but we can support anything down to about 15W - We added this as kind of an “emergency use” condition, as you are likely to drain the battery while using the system…

Just padding for the character count

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**Author:** ![Usernames](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/community.frame.work/usernames/32/40546_2.png) [@Usernames](https://community.frame.work/u/Usernames)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2022, 6:29am UTC](https://community.frame.work/t/usb-power-outputs/19969/4 "2022-07-04T06:29:31Z")

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> [@Josh\_Cook](#):
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> Two ports can do 5v 3a and the other two can do 1.5a.

Hi Josh, do you have a source for this information?

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**Author:** ![Josh\_Cook](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f0a364/32.png) [@Josh\_Cook](https://community.frame.work/u/Josh_Cook)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2022, 6:52am UTC](https://community.frame.work/t/usb-power-outputs/19969/5 "2022-07-04T06:52:54Z")

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This is from the firmware guy at framework, [Questions About Power Management of Expansion card? - #4 by Kieran\_Levin](http://community.frame.work/t/questions-about-power-management-of-expansion-card/2448/4)

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**Author:** ![Usernames](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/community.frame.work/usernames/32/40546_2.png) [@Usernames](https://community.frame.work/u/Usernames)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2022, 7:43am UTC](https://community.frame.work/t/usb-power-outputs/19969/6 "2022-07-04T07:43:11Z")

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Thanks!

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