FIELD GUIDESource-led reference

Start with what you are trying to do

A better first step than buying an adapter.

Pick a common task. Gather the right evidence, keep unresolved questions visible, and open a ready-to-label plan. No recipe silently fills in a compatibility declaration.

Display task / T001

USB-C laptop to an HDMI display

Collect evidence for a directional USB-C video conversion path.

5 evidence steps · Open playbook →
Display task / T002

USB-C host to a DisplayPort display

Start with the host video transport, not the USB-C outline.

5 evidence steps · Open playbook →
Display task / T003

Micro HDMI board to an HDMI monitor

Identify the board model and use the exact HDMI form at each end.

5 evidence steps · Open playbook →
Display task / T004

DisplayPort host to an HDMI display

An active converter research path with explicit source-to-display direction.

5 evidence steps · Open playbook →
Display task / T005

HDMI source to a DisplayPort display

Keep the reverse conversion class and auxiliary power requirements visible.

5 evidence steps · Open playbook →
USB data task / T006

USB-C host to USB-C storage

Record a common data mode and keep speed estimates distinct from capability.

5 evidence steps · Open playbook →
USB data task / T007

USB-A host to a USB-B peripheral

Keep host and peripheral roles explicit in a direct USB data plan.

5 evidence steps · Open playbook →
Display task / T008

Collect evidence for a dock setup

Prepare the host, dock and display evidence without inventing a topology solver.

5 evidence steps · Open playbook →

Already know your hardware?

Start with its documented ports.

82 exact-scoped profiles keep similarly shaped ports in their proper roles.

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