USB Audio over USB-C could spell trouble for headphone jacks

Although USB has long been able to ferry digital audio data, recent events in the mobile world have put that capability under a microscope. Specifically, the prophesied death of the 3.5 mm audio jack. As if putting the proverbial nail on that decades-old connector’s coffin, the USB Implementers Forum has just announced a new USB Audio Device Class 3.0 standard … Continue reading