EEVBlog also talked about this in a mailbag episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEZQvSgdA2k&t=1839s
And they also have different cable versions available: https://caberqu.com/
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If it tested the resistance i would be great.
You still need a multimeter, but the one I have (Treedix.com) has easily accessible electrical contacts for testing resistance.
Oh, that kind of bad usb cable. Still useful I guess.
Not sure what else, but the thing can tell you if a cable is USB2.0, USB3.0/3.1/… or just for charging.
I’m pretty sure they thought the article meant this type of badusb cable. I did, too, at first.
I have a really cool one of those for serial cables
Is it common for USB-C cables to go bad? I just had a cable for an Xbox controller start to go bad somehow in a way I hadn’t seen before. When plugged in, it will cause the Xbox to power off. Swapping out the cable, but using the same controller made the problem go away, so it’s definitely the cable causing it. It’s the same USB-C cable we had been using for awhile with this controller, it’s what came with it.
I have a USB-C cable that will only work in a specific orientation. So I’ll plug in a device, laptop won’t recognize it, (sigh) unplug and flip the cable, and then everything works.
