USB-C cables get no respect. Most people shop for the lowest-priced cable and call it a day under the assumption that they are all the same. They’re not though, and here’s how I weed out the good ...

Microcontroller-based circuits for testing cables, sometimes in conjunction with a PC, are easy to use and very flexible. For the hobbyist, however, the complication of such devices is not justified.

I've just run two new CAT6 cables in my house and I'm having problems with my TiVo. However, I'm trying to narrow down the problem by making sure that the cables are good. My switch is a Dell ...

Would you like to check the data speeds and charging power of your cables and chargers or are you tired of dealing with unreliable USB-C to USB-C cables? Meet the BLE caberQU, the ultimate digital USB ...

Sure, you can buy a cable tester, but what fun is that? [Ashish] posted a nice looking cable tester that you can build with or without an onboard Arduino. If you don’t use an Arduino, the project uses ...

If like me you have lots of cables some of which are probably broken or have deteriorated considerably. You may be interested in a new USB C cable tester created by electronics engineer Peter ...

This is a multifunction RJ45 network cable tester. It is the design of the network cable (RJ45) test, and telephone (RJ11). It is cheap and easy to use. It works for network, telephone, cable with ...

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Carlos Soto is an award-winning reviewer and journalist with 20 years of experience covering technology and business within various sectors and industries. From an IT worker’s perspective, networks ...