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This little gadget to find out which type of USB-C cable you have by quiescentcurrent in c/technology@lemmy.ml

[-] quiescentcurrent@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 5 days ago

Pretty much. I'm not even sure if regular USB ports can talk to pins individually, let alone test them for shorts.

This little gadget to find out which type of USB-C cable you have by quiescentcurrent in c/technology@lemmy.ml

[-] quiescentcurrent@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 6 days ago

Interesting, I just uploaded the .mp4 directly to lemmy and assumed this to be working. How else would you share a gif/short video?

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This little gadget to find out which type of USB-C cable you have (discuss.tchncs.de)

submitted 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) by quiescentcurrent@discuss.tchncs.de to c/technology@lemmy.ml

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USB was supposed to rule them all but it's now a mess of standards sharing the same connector. Different speeds, voltage, charging protocols, alt modes, even the number of pins used is variable.... For those asking, the thing is available on Kickstarter

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Review of a tester extracting the functionality of USB-C cables (www.getusb.info)

submitted 1 week ago by quiescentcurrent@discuss.tchncs.de to c/technology@lemmy.world

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This tool for finding bad USB-C cables by quiescentcurrent in c/technology@lemmy.world

[-] quiescentcurrent@discuss.tchncs.de 19 points 8 months ago

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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This tool for finding bad USB-C cables (hackaday.com)

submitted 8 months ago by quiescentcurrent@discuss.tchncs.de to c/technology@lemmy.world

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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/

Vintage Mac Community Begs Manufacturers for New Supply of Rare Dongle as Resellers Charge $250 by quiescentcurrent in c/technology@lemmy.world

[-] quiescentcurrent@discuss.tchncs.de 14 points 1 year ago

I could design and produce a small batch of those adaptors.

Would anyone be interested in getting a prototype and helping to test it?