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Custom chips and thermal monitoring at heart of Apple’s 40W Dynamic Power Adapter

A teardown of Apple’s new 40W Dynamic Power Adapter shows how Apple manages to squeeze a massive 60W charging capacity while also maintaining safety by monitoring the temperature.

Disassembled electronic device components, including a white plastic casing, circuit boards, capacitors, coils, and small metal pieces, arranged neatly on a plain background.
Apple’s 40W Dynamic Power Adapter, disassembled – Image Credit: ChargerLab/YouTube

Apple is known for its innovative designs that even impacts accessories like its chargers. In a teardown of the 40W Dynamic Power Adapter with 60W Max, Apple works hard to put as much charging performance into a unit that wouldn’t look out of place against its other chargers.

The appeal of the 40W Dynamic Power Adapter is that it can deliver in excessof that headline figure. In fact, it is capable of outputting at up to 60W when needed by an iPhone 17 or a MacBook Pro.

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