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This little gadget to find out which type of USB-C cable you have in c/technology@lemmy.world
[-] quiescentcurrent@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 3 days ago

I have one of those, it may pass as the great grandfather ;)

This little gadget to find out which type of USB-C cable you have in c/technology@lemmy.world
[-] quiescentcurrent@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 3 days ago

They actually renamed the types which makes everything even more confusing

This little gadget to find out which type of USB-C cable you have in c/technology@lemmy.world
[-] quiescentcurrent@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 3 days ago

Yeah, unfortunately fast data and fast charging are two independent characteristics...

This little gadget to find out which type of USB-C cable you have in c/technology@lemmy.world
[-] quiescentcurrent@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 3 days ago

The thing is from Austria though?

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This little gadget to find out which type of USB-C cable you have (discuss.tchncs.de)
submitted 5 days ago by quiescentcurrent@discuss.tchncs.de to c/technology@lemmy.world
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cross-posted from: https://discuss.tchncs.de/post/22828099

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

This little gadget to find out which type of USB-C cable you have in c/technology@lemmy.ml
[-] quiescentcurrent@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 2 weeks 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 in c/technology@lemmy.ml
[-] quiescentcurrent@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 2 weeks 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 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks 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

This tool for finding bad USB-C cables in c/technology@lemmy.world
[-] quiescentcurrent@discuss.tchncs.de 19 points 9 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 9 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/

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[-] quiescentcurrent@discuss.tchncs.de 13 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?

quiescentcurrent

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