Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 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 · 11 months ago

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USB-C Cable Tester Is Compact And Affordable

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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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It’s not the cable that goes bad it’s the connectors on the ends: They wear out.

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