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Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago

Review of a tester extracting the functionality of USB-C cables

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Review of a tester extracting the functionality of USB-C cables

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Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago

USB-C Cable Tester Sets the Bar High •

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USB-C has firmly established itself as the universal connector standard, integrating data transfer, power delivery, and video output into a single interface.

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Why is it not possible to do this by connecting phone to pc and running this as software? This is cool but would be nice to avoid the extra hardware.
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  Because you could fry your PC.
  
  https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2016/02/google-engineer-finds-usb-type-c-cable-thats-so-bad-it-fried-his-chromebook-pixel/ USB Type-C cable so bad it fries Google engineer’s Chromebook Pixel

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