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Essence Engineering

199 orders since Feb 08, 2018

12 Reviews

San Francisco, CA, United States of America

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15+ years of electrical engineering experience at Apple, Cisco, Nokia, Lab126, and various startups. I would love to bring some of the documentation discipline and design best practices I learned from million unit products to the open source hardware community. Currently doing consulting for various public art projects as well as consumer electronics. Find some of my creative work at www.essenceengineering.com

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Product: (4.92)

Documentation: (4.08)

Shipping: (4.50)

Communication: (4.67)

Joshua | June 7, 2024

Works perfectly!

For USB-C PD power splitter

This works perfectly and is exactly what I was looking for. I have a carpuride unit that I use so that I didn't have to spend a lot of money on a head unit; but of course, it doesn't do much in the way of charging when plugged in. This solves that issue entirely! You have to make sure the two input cables are the same orientation otherwise you'll have some issues with it working but other than that its great!

Dylan | April 1, 2024

Works as intended

For USB-C PD power splitter

This works as intended with my Pixel 6a / Pi 4b running TeslaAndroid (Acting as Android Auto Headunit).
Had to fiddle with the orientation of the USB C cables, but after the right orientation it is working no problem. Product seems to be quality, didn't seem cheap or flimsy / bad soldering. No documentation besides the picture on the page, (not a big deal to me but just going to mention it). Seller was responsive. thank you!

Joseph | Feb. 19, 2024

Fast Charging for Wired Apple CarPlay - This is the solution

For USB-C PD power splitter

Bought this intending to route CarPlay data through one side of the board and a USB-C PD charger into the power input side of the board. This worked flawlessly and allowed me to overcome the biggest problem with wired CarPlay - the slow charging. Would recommend this board to anyone else attempting the same.

Did not engage in any communication with the seller, and the documentation was slight, so I can't speak to those ratings, but it's a simple straightforward product so I don't need to. 5 stars all around, you won't find a cheaper, better, or simpler solution from what I've seen.

Marco | Jan. 16, 2024

Works as stated

For USB-C PD power splitter

I tried using different USB C splitters claiming they can separate power and data but only one worked in practice. This device actually does this. I have tested it with my Oneplus 7T and a JVC and Joying head units and both read the data as the phone charges. The best way to achieve this was to first connect the power cable and designated data cable to the adapter, AND THEN to the phone. Any other order and it'll just read one or none.

Overall I'm satisfied, thank you!

Dan | Nov. 17, 2023

Very picky on cable alignment

For USB-C PD power splitter

The other reviewer wasn't kidding that you need to find the correct 'alignment' for the USB-C cables for this to work; I was just about to give up hope and conclude that this device wasn't going to work with an iPhone and then all of a sudden found the right combination of cable alignments and it sprung into life.

I paid an absolutely outrageous price of $35.00 international shipping on a $9.00 order that still took two weeks to arrive from the US to UK, but I've not been able to find anything else that passes through USB PD so reluctantly paid the price.
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Response from Essence Engineering | Nov. 27, 2023
Always appreciate feedback. Glad you got it working! As I noted in the description, not all USB cables are built the same so testing with different orientations of cables you have on hand is often necessary. A note about international shipping prices (from US): Definitely sucks that I can't do Amazon style cheap shipping for all the DIYers out there but I only list what usps charges with minimum adder to cover shipping material.

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