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Interesting article on Hackaday about USB-C cable types (and the resulting confusing mess )

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First post, by darry

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https://hackaday.com/2022/12/13/usb-c-cable-types/

This ties in to a discussion a while back in this thread Re: Technological critique

So things are apparently getting worse, not better.

I hope inexpensive USB-C cable testers (for type, testing conformity to bandwidth specs would probably be too complex) are or will be a thing soon .

Reply 2 of 3, by darry

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weedeewee wrote on 2022-12-13, 18:52:

inexpensive USB-C cable testers for type sure, testing conformity to bandwidth specs... yeah, no,

My hope is being to get something to type ID USB-C cables for under 50$ , eventually.

Maybe lsusb will get that functionality (in part at least ) eventually.

Reply 3 of 3, by weedeewee

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I'm fairly certain that would only work with cables that actually identify themselves... which makes the whole usbc ballgame just a little bit more frustrating.
I hope lsusb gets that functionality, but if it's anything like network virtual cable testing capabilities, which plenty of nics have, it's definitely going to be a long wait, or an annoying ride where some chispets are supported, others are not, some lack features etc... argh !

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