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Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months ago

This tool for finding bad USB-C cables

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This tool for finding bad USB-C cables

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Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months ago

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USB-C Cable Tester Is Compact And Affordable

We’ve all been bitten before by USB cables which were flaky, built for only charging, or just plain broken. With the increased conductor count and complexity of USB Type C, there are many mor…

EEVBlog also talked about this in a mailbag episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEZQvSgdA2k&t=1839s

And they also have different cable versions available: https://caberqu.com/

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Oh, that kind of bad usb cable. Still useful I guess.
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  Not sure what else, but the thing can tell you if a cable is USB2.0, USB3.0/3.1/… or just for charging.
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    I’m pretty sure they thought the article meant this type of badusb cable. I did, too, at first.

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