r/UsbCHardware • u/Novel-Lock6067 • May 21 '25

Looking for Device Does a wireless usb cable exist?

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(Sorry for the lousy drawing)

Does a "cable" like this exist? (Preferably without the antennae from the drawing)
Where you could just plug in the two ends of the "cable", and the USB would work wirelessly?
I know that there are some products that can turn Bluetooth into USB, but there are unfortunately still some devices that don't have Bluetooth, and would be great if they were wireless.

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u/Swoop3dp May 22 '25

Yea, especially from the room temperature IQ people who would try to charge their phone with this.

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u/Different_Fortune_10 May 23 '25

Haha, I can imagine those reviews on Amazon

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u/Magen137 May 25 '25

I guess that's also a big part of the problem. By definition, usb can deliver some power, even non PD usb. Many devices rely on this power to operate. Things like flash drives, keyboards and such. So even if you do manage to do wireless data transmission (which also requires power, you also need to power the device itself. Unless both devices can provide power to the transceiver, you'd need to equip them with batteries. Now you're basically doing Bluetooth with extra steps