CHARGER, DATA CABLE, AND CHARGING DEVICE

A charger, a data cable, and a charging device, and pertains to the field of communications technologies are provided. The charger includes a type-A female connector and a first processing module. The first processing module includes a PD charging processing unit, a non-PD charging processing unit, a data cable matching unit, and a first switching unit. The type-A female connector includes a first CC pin and a first communication pin. In a case that the data cable matching unit determines that the charger matches a connected data cable based on a matching signal transmitted through the first CC pin, the first switching unit is connected to the first CC pin and the PD charging processing unit. In a case that the charger does not match the connected data cable, the first switching unit is connected to the first CC pin and the data cable matching unit.