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The USB-C ecosystem is quite a mess. Most cables are either limited functionality, or not up to spec that they advertise. Frying your devices with nonstandard c

The USB-C ecosystem is quite a mess. Most cables are either limited functionality, or not up to spec that they advertise. Frying your devices with nonstandard chargers or cables is easily possible. You can't tell them apart visually, and you can't always trust the specs promised on Amazon either. There are testing tools like https://www.tindie.com/products/aroerina2/usb-cable-checker/ https://www.tindie.com/products/aroerina2/usb-cable-checker/ There was a Google engineer (Bensen Leung) who bought, tested and reviewed all the cables he could find, but with the shutdown of Google+ the archive seems to be lost.

samwhiteUK 7y ago
Benson Leung is the person who wrote the OP link....
- k_sze 7y ago
  Wait, what? I see "Tyler Ward", not "Benson Leung". Unless you're telling me they are one and the same.
  - cesarb 7y ago
    A HN moderator has just swapped the link (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20362538 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20362538). When the above comment was written, the article this pointed to was still Benson Leung's.
    - k_sze 7y ago
      Ah, ok. :)
n1000 7y ago
Leung's Amazon reviews are helpful: https://www.amazon.com/gp/profile/amzn1.account.AFLICGQRF6BRJGH2RRD4VGMB47ZA https://www.amazon.com/gp/profile/amzn1.account.AFLICGQRF6BR...
matzab 7y ago
The spreadsheet you are probably referring to is still online: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1vnpEXfo2HCGADdd9G2x9dMDWqENiY2kgBJUu29f_TX8/pubhtml# https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1vnpEXfo2HCGADdd9G2x9...
superdaniel 7y ago
Bensen Leung is also the author of this blog post
- Tempest1981 7y ago
  Benson's medium post refers to a discovery by Tyler (aka scorpia) Edit: original link: https://medium.com/@leung.benson/how-to-design-a-proper-usb-c-power-sink-hint-not-the-way-raspberry-pi-4-did-it-f470d7a5910 https://medium.com/@leung.benson/how-to-design-a-proper-usb-...
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cat199 7y ago
> you can't always trust the specs promised on Amazon either. didn't realize amazon is the arbiter of all knowledge hardware..

samwhiteUK 7y ago

Benson Leung is the person who wrote the OP link....

k_sze 7y ago
Wait, what? I see "Tyler Ward", not "Benson Leung". Unless you're telling me they are one and the same.
- cesarb 7y ago
  A HN moderator has just swapped the link (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20362538 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20362538). When the above comment was written, the article this pointed to was still Benson Leung's.
  - k_sze 7y ago
    Ah, ok. :)

n1000 7y ago

Leung's Amazon reviews are helpful: https://www.amazon.com/gp/profile/amzn1.account.AFLICGQRF6BRJGH2RRD4VGMB47ZA https://www.amazon.com/gp/profile/amzn1.account.AFLICGQRF6BR...

matzab 7y ago

The spreadsheet you are probably referring to is still online: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1vnpEXfo2HCGADdd9G2x9dMDWqENiY2kgBJUu29f_TX8/pubhtml# https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1vnpEXfo2HCGADdd9G2x9...

superdaniel 7y ago

Bensen Leung is also the author of this blog post

Tempest1981 7y ago
Benson's medium post refers to a discovery by Tyler (aka scorpia) Edit: original link: https://medium.com/@leung.benson/how-to-design-a-proper-usb-c-power-sink-hint-not-the-way-raspberry-pi-4-did-it-f470d7a5910 https://medium.com/@leung.benson/how-to-design-a-proper-usb-...

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cat199 7y ago

> you can't always trust the specs promised on Amazon either. didn't realize amazon is the arbiter of all knowledge hardware..