▲ 67 ▼ There is a lot of variance in regular USB-C cables (www.youtube.com) submitted 2 years ago by tia@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world 11 comments fedilink hide all child comments cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/17754693 I learn more about cables in this channel every week. Just wanted to share
[–] altima_neo@lemmy.zip 20 points 2 years ago (3 children) I ended up just buying a tester permalink fedilink source hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] jqubed@lemmy.world 18 points 2 years ago (1 child) What kind? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] altima_neo@lemmy.zip 5 points 2 years ago This is the one I bought Treedix USB Cable Data Line Test Board https://a.co/d/15h4lEh It's a bit of a pain to learn what means what, but once you read up on it, it's pretty straightforward. permalink fedilink source parent [–] brickfrog@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 years ago Interesting, any you recommend or are currently using? permalink fedilink source parent [–] JustZ@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago* Same. Mine is made by Treedix. $17 on Amazon. It is great at determining the technical limits of a cable. To read the test you have to practice a lot or reference a chart that was confusing to me. It does not tell you whether the cable functions, only what its technical capabilities could be if it was working as intended. In other words, as I understand, it checks what pins are there on each side of the cable, not whether they are connected anywhere in the middle. It's good for sorting through all the crap cables that accumulate and figuring out which ones can't do shit and which ones can stream high def video and power a small computer. Some basic cables only have power, no data at all. That's what's universal about USB, the ports and connectors, not the cables. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] jqubed@lemmy.world 18 points 2 years ago (1 child) What kind? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] altima_neo@lemmy.zip 5 points 2 years ago This is the one I bought Treedix USB Cable Data Line Test Board https://a.co/d/15h4lEh It's a bit of a pain to learn what means what, but once you read up on it, it's pretty straightforward. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] altima_neo@lemmy.zip 5 points 2 years ago This is the one I bought Treedix USB Cable Data Line Test Board https://a.co/d/15h4lEh It's a bit of a pain to learn what means what, but once you read up on it, it's pretty straightforward. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] brickfrog@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 years ago Interesting, any you recommend or are currently using? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] JustZ@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago* Same. Mine is made by Treedix. $17 on Amazon. It is great at determining the technical limits of a cable. To read the test you have to practice a lot or reference a chart that was confusing to me. It does not tell you whether the cable functions, only what its technical capabilities could be if it was working as intended. In other words, as I understand, it checks what pins are there on each side of the cable, not whether they are connected anywhere in the middle. It's good for sorting through all the crap cables that accumulate and figuring out which ones can't do shit and which ones can stream high def video and power a small computer. Some basic cables only have power, no data at all. That's what's universal about USB, the ports and connectors, not the cables. permalink fedilink source parent