https://www.whatcable.uk/
And two linux ports: https://github.com/Zetaphor/whatcable-linux https://github.com/abrauchli/usbee
nice.
I stopped trusting USB-C cable labels and started testing them
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Re: I stopped trusting USB-C cable labels and started testing them
#272Earlier quoted context omitted.
It’ll never happen. Measuring to the proper Thunderbolt spec is only possible on literally the most cutting edge measurement equipment. Physics just won’t permit that being a gadget you can buy for $20 of whatever.
Maybe today Also, who tests the expensive testers? ;)
> Maybe today
By the time you could measure this, I suspect USB C will no longer be used.
> Also, who tests the expensive testers? ;)
Specialized metrology firms that cost more money than you can afford.
Re: I stopped trusting USB-C cable labels and started testing them
#273Earlier quoted context omitted.
You mean USB-C, the standard that they largely led development of?
No, they mean USB-C, the port they switched all but a handful of their devices to before any other manufacturer. While GP’s take is ridiculous (if common), I do think the notion that Apple led the charge on USB-C is mostly a myth, outside of them being active participants on the USB Implementor’s Forum.
Eh, I can’t find it now so a thousand grains of salt, but I read a good article back in the day about how much Apple’s experience with in-market Lightning shaped USB-C’s physical connector and electrical handshake.
Re: I stopped trusting USB-C cable labels and started testing them
#274Earlier quoted context omitted.
There are several apps that do something similar and the biggest issue is the marker on the chip it's interrogating doesn't guarantee the cable can actually provide that. The maker can program whatever they want into that chip and the devices will just negotiate and determine what they're actually capable of achieving anyways.
yeah, the app tries to tale this into account and gives an "unverified" label on stuff that is doubtful
How does it decide what claims are dubious and which aren't?