preface
In September 2019, ANKER launched a Nano charger that shocked the industry, which is the same size as Apple's 5W charger but supports PD fast charge output, subverting people's perception of PD fast charge volume. During the 2020 Double Eleven period, Anker Nano charger won the TOP1 ranking of Jingdong Double Eleven charger, making this small mini charger a phenomenon-level product.
Anker super charger series charger based on Nano extension, is the second generation of Nano mini charge, the power from the original 18W/ 20W, upgraded to 30W, 45W, 65W, covering mobile phones, tablets, notebook user groups, to take care of different use of the needs.
Anker has launched quite a few products on 65W power, from gallium nitride products to ordinary chargers, and this time for everyone to introduce 65W gallium nitride also belongs to the super charging series, this series of charging head network in last year evaluated 30W, 45W, 65W and 65W dual-port multiple products, then this 2C1A charger and the previous 65W gallium nitride products what are the similarities and differences? You may wish to find the answer below.
Product out of the box
The Anker 65W triple Gallium Nitride charger package remains clean and stylish. Anker 65W Gallium Nitride three-port super charge with Power IQ intelligent recognition technology, not only can correctly identify a variety of devices to shake hands to correspond to fast charging, its multi-interface characteristics can also be based on the number of inserted devices, intelligent adjustment of interface power, so as to take into account the needs of multi-device and high-power charging, compatible with Apple & Android mobile phones, tablets, notebooks, but also suitable for wireless headphones, watches and other small current devices. Multi-device intelligent matching, fast charging does not hurt the machine.
Charger and instruction manual are included in the package.
Like other super charger products, this charger uses aviation-grade hand paint, showing a black fine matte material, smooth and delicate, and better resistance to fingerprints and wear.
The silver logo of the Anker is flanked.
The pin part is a foldable GB double-ended plug.
The interface surface of the charger is individually designed with a silver insert, so that the charger as a whole is simple and not monotonous. 2C1A interface configuration, where two USB-C interfaces support blind plug-in.
The USB-A interface features a blue rubber core, widened pins on both sides, and extra pins.
The bottom is also printed with the specifications of the product, this charger model is A2667, the input voltage is 200-240V, the USB-C interface supports 65W blind plug, and the USB-A interface supports up to 22.5W output. C1+C2 up to 65W output, C1+A maximum output 62.5W, C2+A maximum output 24W, three ports simultaneous output up to 64W.
The length of the charger is about 66.15mm.
The width of the charger is about 29.04mm.
The height of the charger is about 38.26mm, the anker 65W three-port gallium nitride charger has a size of 66.15×29.04×38.26mm, the volume of the charger is about 73.49cm, and the power density of the charger is about 0.88W/cm based on the power of the charger 65W.
Compared with the Apple 67W charger, the interface is more and smaller than your size.
The size of the hand is shown above.
The unit weight of the charger is about 109.2g.
Product reviews
After introducing the appearance size of the Anker 65W three-port Gallium Nitride charger, we will take a look at the specific experience of this charger. The charging head network will take everyone to understand this charger from the aspects of protocol test, compatibility test, charging test, standby power consumption test, etc.
Protocol testing
In terms of protocols, chargerLAB's POWER-Z KT002 reads the charger's USB-C interface fast charging protocol, and the actual test supports Apple2.4A, QC2.0, QC3.0, QC4+, AFC, FCP, SCP, PE, PD3.0 and PPS charging protocols.
In terms of PDO messages, it supports five sets of fixed voltages and 3.3V-16V3.25A fixed voltages and 3.3V-16V3.25A fixed voltage levels of 5V3A, 9V3A, 12V3A, 15V3A and 20V3.25A, which has better device compatibility.
Read the fast charging protocol of the USB-A interface of the charger, and support Apple2.4A, QC2.0, QC3.0, AFC, FCP, SCP, PE, VOOC and other charging protocols.
Charging compatibility testing
The compatibility test link can clearly know the charging situation of the charger for each device, in the face of more and more electronic devices in the hands of users, the conventional single-port charger has been unable to meet the demand. Imagine which is better to plug in 4 single-port chargers on the socket or plug in a multi-port charger, which is obviously the latter.
In addition, many devices now need to trigger the fast charging protocol for the charger to trigger the fast charge protocol to achieve fast charging (to the secret code), so which port of the device can be fast charged is also a science, which is the reason for increasing the charging compatibility test module in the evaluation; and the multi-port charger will involve the problem of power distribution when charging multiple devices at the same time, 45W+18W, 45W+5V3A, etc., which is the reason for increasing the simultaneous output of multiple ports in the evaluation.
In summary, the charging head network will use dozens of devices with chargers for testing, presenting readers with real test data.
Using the USB-C interface to charge the Samsung S20 Ultra, the input power is about 9.35V 3.24A 30.32W.
To charge the MacBook Pro 16, the input power is about 20.02V 3.22A 64.62W.
Powering the Switch TV base, the TV mode was successfully triggered with a power of about 4.94W.
For the charging of the Mijia hand drill, the input power is about 9.04V 1.46A 13.26W.
Organize the data into a table, the charger compatibility is good.
The charging power is sorted from high to low, and the histogram is made to make a histogram to intuitively compare the difference in charging power between different devices.
Charging the Huawei P40 Pro, the input power is about 4.52V 4.58A 20.76W.
The USB-A interface is equally compatible, and all models can trigger fast charging.
Use two USB-C ports to charge the MacBook Pro 16 and Samsung S20 Ultra simultaneously, with output power of 43.54W and 13.96W, respectively, for a total output of 57.5W.
Using the USB-C1 and USB-A interfaces to charge the MacBook Pro 16 and Xiaomi Mi 11 Pro simultaneously, the input power is 38.37W and 15.96W, respectively, with a total output of 54.33W.
Use the USB-C2 and USB-A interfaces to charge the MacBook Pro 16 and Xiaomi Mi 11 Pro simultaneously, with input power of 12.22W and 7.56W respectively, for a total output of 19.78W.
Use two USB-C ports and one USB-A port to charge the MacBook Pro 16, Samsung S20 Ultra, and Xiaomi Mi 11 Pro simultaneously, with charging power of 38.39W, 7.42W, and 8.26W, respectively, for a total output power of 54.07W.
Summary of compatibility tests
The above tested the compatibility of Anker's 65W charger for everyone, single-port fast charging is all triggered fast charging, no incompatibility was found; and 65W fast charging power can charge notebooks, and the base TV mode that can activate switch is also a highlight.
It is worth mentioning that the charger also supports Anker's exclusive Power IQ technology, when the multi-port output will automatically distribute the current according to the actual output of the device, the advantage of automatic distribution of current is that the charger can charge the device with the appropriate power, and also ensure the safety of charging, after all, it involves electricity, safety is the most important.
Full test of charging
In this test session, the object selected is Apple's latest release of the MacBook Pro 16 2021, the following is the actual test of the whole process.
This is the data change for the macBook Pro 16 2021 charging process, which is divided into three stages and ends in 2 hours and 33 minutes.
The whole charging process is drawn into a curve, and it can be seen that it takes 28% of the half hour to charge, 56% to charge in 1 hour, and 2 hours and 33 minutes to fully charge.
Standby power consumption test
If the charger is often plugged into the socket and not used, it will consume power, but it is very small. Many readers want to know whether the charger is wasted if it is always plugged into the socket, and the standby power consumption test session is to answer this question.
After the power meter test, the charger in 220V 50Hz no-load power consumption of 0.227W, converted to a year's loss of electrical energy is about 1.98KW·h, if the market price of electricity is 0.6 yuan / KW·h, the charger's annual electricity cost is about 1.188 yuan.
Conversion efficiency testing
A charger is essentially a conversion device that is lost during the process and dissipated in the form of heat. We usually look at the charger above the parameter output 100W or 65W is the maximum output power that the charger can provide for the device, but the charger draws more power from the socket, the following is the charger in the case of 220V 50Hz AC input conversion efficiency test, the test results are as follows:
At 220V 50Hz, the output power of the charger in each voltage gear is fully tested: the input power of the AC terminal of the power strip and the output power of the USB terminal are measured in four gears, and the conversion efficiency of the available charger varies from 84.26% to 92.23% by calculation.
Ripple test
Due to the switching power supply in the charger, the secondary output of the transformer is not direct current, and it needs to be rectified and capacitor filtered, that is, there will be ripple in the charger output. The charging head network uses an oscilloscope to test the ripple value of the charger output, compare with the national standard, and detect the output quality of the charger. The lower the ripple, the higher the output quality of the charger.
This is the use of charger at 220V 50Hz AC input ripple test, ripple test is divided into no load (Y axis current in the histogram is 0A) and heavy load (Y axis current in the histogram is non-0A) two, the highest is 26mVp-p, the charger is at 15V2A output; the minimum is 12mVp-p, the charger is in the 9V0A no-load state.
Temperature testing
As mentioned earlier, the charger will involve the problem of efficiency conversion, and the vast majority of the lost power is dissipated by heat, so the heat of the charger working for a long time is also an important part of the test. Let the charger output at 65W power for one hour continuously, collect the surface temperature of the charger, and place the charger in a 25 °C incubator throughout the experiment.
First, let's take a look at the temperature performance of the charger in the mains environment of 220V50Hz.
After one hour the two sides of the charger have a maximum temperature of 78 ° C.
The other two surfaces have a maximum temperature of 79.7°C.
Summary of the temperature rise test
For the end of the test of the temperature rise part of the Anchor 65W charger, thanks to the successful mass production of gallium nitride power devices for commercial use, the miniaturization of high-power chargers has been realized, so that consumers can enjoy this new era of technology, many readers are very concerned about the heat generated by gallium nitride chargers, so we joined the temperature rise test, but first of all, we must understand a few temperature rise test knowledge.
Charger heat and power density, efficiency value, internal scheme design, ambient temperature, etc., low power density products because of the large volume has enough space to make the component layout separated, the surface temperature will be lower, but the volume is often very large. Products with high power density often use vertical board components stacking and other designs inside, as far as possible to make the charger small for users to carry, theoretically the temperature will be hotter than the product with low power density.
In addition, the single-port charger and the multi-port charger are also different because of the different heat generation in the circuit design, the single-port charger belongs to the AC to DC direct output mode, the multi-port charger is AC to DC to DC, and the heat generated after the secondary voltage drop will be higher than the single-port charger.
As a reference, in the one-hour full load test, the full load temperature of the low power density GaN charger is generally between 60-70 degrees, while the high power density single-port Gallium nitride charger is generally about 70 degrees, and the temperature of the high power density multi-port Gallium nitride charger will generally exceed 70 degrees.
65W 1 hour full load is a test of the charger under extreme conditions, the user's normal use of the charger for the device charging power will be reduced due to the increase in equipment power, so that the heat will also decrease, Anker's 65W charger temperature is normal under extreme test conditions, if the user is believed to be lower in daily life.
Charging head net summary
The Anker 65W three-port Gallium Nitride charger continues the low-key, business-like appearance of the Super Charge family in appearance, with a delicate black matte casing and a top interface surface separated by silver inserts. With folding pins, the power density of this charger is still as high as 0.88W/cm, which is further than the power density of the previous generation of 0.75W/cm, and the volume control is remarkable.
Charging head network has disassembled Anker 65W gallium nitride three-port super charge, the core accessories are from the global quality suppliers, the workmanship materials are luxurious, the quality is safe, the program is mature and reliable, the actual charging performance is excellent, accurately shake hands with the equipment high-power fast charging, and well support multi-device simultaneous charging.
In terms of performance, it is also not to mention more, 2C1A three-port configuration, two USB-C interfaces support blind plug, up to 65W output, USB-A interface is the maximum output of 22.5W, measured support Apple2.4A, QC2.0, QC3.0, QC4+, AFC, FCP, SCP, PE, VOOC, PD3.0 and PPS and other charging protocols, maintaining the excellent compatibility of the previous generation, mobile phones, iPads or notebooks can trigger fast charging.