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by pimlottc 1254 days ago
The landing page needs a clear statement of what the purpose of the site is. I thought it was going to help you identify an unknown USB cable.
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LeoPanthera 1254 days ago
I bought a gadget from eBay that does this. You plug both ends of the cable into it and it tells you what's inside the cable.

It doesn't look like it's made anymore but there are similar gadgets still on eBay.

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kube-system 1254 days ago
Do you have a link to one of them? I am having trouble finding anything that looks like this.
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LeoPanthera 1254 days ago
Here's one. You can buy from Tindie or there are some on eBay too, although they might be clones. https://www.tindie.com/products/petl/usb-c-cable-tester-c2c-...
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ThePowerOfFuet 1254 days ago
https://aliexpress.com/item/1005002835878171.html
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LeoPanthera 1253 days ago
That's not the same thing at all. That measures power flowing through a USB cable, which is still useful, but doesn't tell you anything about the capabilities of the cable.
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ThePowerOfFuet 1253 days ago
Look more closely at the pictures, all of them.
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jhealy 1254 days ago
That would be super useful, but is it possible? Would it depend on cable markings?
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