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Has no one made a nifty app that shows you what cable is plugged in to what port? Or is that not even technically feasible?
by gyomu 2y ago
Has no one made a nifty app that shows you what cable is plugged in to what port? Or is that not even technically feasible?
- benoau 2y agoThat's an interesting proposition, I'd love to see what a USB-C port is without a cable too instead of googling specs.
- sirn 2y agoNot an app, but some USB testers (e.g. POWER-Z KM003) can do this by reading an e-Marker chip on the cable. I'm not sure if there's a way to access eMarker purely through software without some sort of driver support, though.
- miahi 2y agoThe problem is that a cable saying that it's something does not mean that it actually conforms to the standard and can deliver that speed/power. And proper testing requires complex hardware.
- saurik 2y agoThat's true of every cable that has ever existed, including basic electrical wiring, and so feels like a separate problem than merely identifying what kind of cable a cable even intends/claims to be in a world where they all have the same shape connector: don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good.
- radicality 2y agoJust bought that tester two weeks ago! Labelling my cables now with type / speed / max power