The surprising complexity inside Apple’s power adapter

Have you ever wondered what’s inside your Macbook’s charger? There’s a lot more circuitry crammed into the compact power adapter than you’d expect, including a microprocessor. This charger teardown looks at the numerous components in the charger and explains how they work together to power your laptop.

Fascinating little bit of technology you don’t really pay much attention to.

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