Álvaro PrietoEver wonder if your USB C cable is USB2 or USB3? Do you have some charge-only cables hiding in a box just waiting for the right moment to spoil your project plans?!
Fear no more!
I’ve made a simple board to test most of the things!
Connect your cable to both sides and the signal LEDs will light up if they are connected. Here’s an example of a USB2 cable and a thunderbolt 3 cable.
Want to test a USBA to C cable? How about a USBA to MicroB? USBC to B? MiniB? You’ve got it!
Here’s what a the dreaded charge-only cables look like. I had to make my own since I had previously banished them from my lab!
Best part of all? It’s open hardware! If you want to make your own, here’s the kicad project: https://github.com/alvarop/usb_c_cable_tester
I made a few, so if you know me and want one, let me know :)
If you want to make it yourself, I've added gerbers, BOM, and assembly files here: https://github.com/alvarop/usb_c_cable_tester/releases/tag/v2.0
Should be pretty easy to order from JLCPCB. I have made a page with lots of screenshots on how to do it here: https://github.com/alvarop/usb_c_cable_tester/blob/main/ORDERING.md
:D
Charles Poynton, PhD@alvaro I'd love to buy a USB cable tester, if you have one available!