Not all USB Type-C cables are created equal. Some support higher data transfer speeds than others. Some support fast charging ...

Worry not, [Spencer Maroukis] has got you covered with the USB Sleuth Cable Tester! The cable tester is a beautiful black circular PCB, with USB ports of nearly every type on the edges.

Cable testers are handheld, benchtop, or floor-standing electronic devices that measure the electrical and physical properties of cabling. They are used to certify cabling to published standards, and ...

Ethernet cable testers are dime a dozen, but none of them are as elegant and multimeter-friendly as this tester from our Hackaday.io regular, [Bharbour]. An Ethernet cable has 8 wires, and the 9 ...

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Today, most broadband internet is marketed as “high speed,” but there’s very little consistency as to what that really means.

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Meet the BLE caberQU, the ultimate digital USB-C to USB-C cable tester designed to keep your cables in top-notch condition. This pocket-sized gadget provides you with detailed insights into your ...

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An EPRI study in the mid-1990s further complicated the issue by providing evidence of poor test practices and cable damage from DC overpotential testing of XLPE insulated cables. All these ...

For my USB-C cable reviews, I don’t rely on consumer reviews like some “reviewers” — I purchase the cables retail and personally test each one of them, examining the resistance ...

Not all USB Type-C cables are created equal. Some support higher data transfer speeds than others. Some support fast charging and others don’t. And it can be difficult to tell what a cable is capable ...