Interesting, any you recommend or are currently using?
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altima_neo@lemmy.zip 6 months ago
I ended up just buying a tester
brickfrog@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 months ago
JustZ@lemmy.world 6 months 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 it’s 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 cable 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.
jqubed@lemmy.world 6 months ago
What kind?
altima_neo@lemmy.zip 6 months ago
This is the one I bought
Treedix USB Cable Data Line Test Board 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.