USB-C PD Charging Compatibility Checker
Enter charger and device profiles plus the cable capability. See overlapping voltage ranges and the highest entered power ceiling.
Results
- Highest entered-profile power ceiling
- 60 W
- Matching profile pairs
- 3
| Mode | Voltage overlap | Current ceiling | Power ceiling |
|---|---|---|---|
| fixed | 20–20 V | 3 A | 60 W |
| pps | 3.3–11 V | 3 A | 30 W |
| fixed | 5–5 V | 3 A | 15 W |
- Actual charging depends on negotiation, battery state, temperature and shared-port allocation. No match does not rule out basic USB charging.
- This checks entered ranges and caps, not PDO encoding or USB-IF conformance. Split AVS ranges when the advertised current changes.
How it works
Copy documented per-port capabilities into rows: kind, minimum volts, maximum volts, maximum amps, maximum watts. The defaults are examples, not device specifications. Fixed rows have equal voltage endpoints. Use separate rows wherever a current or power cap changes; this matters for AVS.
Only equal modes are intersected. EPR candidates require both endpoint checkboxes and an EPR cable. A 3 A cable caps current at 3 A; the other choices cap it at 5 A. Adjustable endpoints are aligned to 20 mV for PPS and 100 mV for AVS, following the TI guide. USB-IF documents fixed EPR voltages and the 240 W ceiling.
overlap = [max(minimum voltages), min(maximum voltages)]
power ceiling = min(overlap maximum V × lowest current cap, charger W cap, device W cap)
This is an arithmetic ceiling, not a negotiation or standards-conformance simulator. Intermediate values are not rounded; displayed quantities use up to two decimals. Up to 32 profiles per endpoint are accepted.
Worked examples
Cable-limited fixed profile
For charger 20 V / 5 A / 100 W and device 20 V / 3.25 A / 65 W, a 3 A cable gives min(20 × 3, 100, 65) = 60 W. A 5 A cable gives 65 W.
PPS range overlap
Charger PPS 3.3–11 V, 3 A, 33 W and device PPS 5–9 V, 2 A, 18 W overlap at 5–9 V. Their ceiling is 18 W.
Frequently asked questions
Does USB PD 3.2 mean my device charges faster?
Can this certify a charger or cable?
Does no match mean no charging?
Why is actual charging lower?
How do I enter AVS?
Sources
- USB-IF — USB Charger / Power Delivery (checked 2026-11-14)
- Texas Instruments — An Engineer’s Guide to USB Type-C, pages 47–49 and 56 (checked 2026-11-14)
Last reviewed 2026-11-14; next review due by 2027-11-14. The method is written out above so you can check our math.