I'm not an electrical engineer, but wiring something other than ground to the ground pin is...well, I suspect it's straight-up malicious, although why you'd want to do something like this, I don't know.
Does anyone else find it concerning that our new and best technology is so fragile that even the slightest fezz-up in what should be a passive signal-cable can cause our otherwise state of the art equipment to fry itself?<p>Is reliability, durability and robustness <i>nowhere</i> to be found in any single spec for our new standards?
<a href="https://usbccompliant.com/" rel="nofollow">https://usbccompliant.com/</a> is one output of the engineer's work, for anyone curious
I find my micro USB type-B connectors all eventually fail, and I've been combing through Amazon to find a reliable cable manufacturer, any suggestions?
I wonder if he will be able to recover any of his losses from this company? I know he is reviewing these cables, so hes taking a certain amount of risk, but imagine if someone bought this cable for their new device. I would be pretty pissed if I bought a new device and a new USB cord to charge it and poof out goes the magical smoke and my USB didn't work anymore.
I wonder how many of the other products using the exact same marketing copy[1] are the same part.<p>[1]<a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=%22The+combination+of+sturdy+construction+with+a+flexible+jacket+and+USB+3.1+Type+C+connector+with+molded+strain+relief+provides+a+cable+with+reliable+performance+and+long+life.%22" rel="nofollow">https://www.google.com/search?q=%22The+combination+of+sturdy...</a>
Sounds strange. AFAIK USB shouldn't get fried without external power source. So the Chromebook was bad, not the cable?
Down votes? Did I misunderstand something? Just comment with reference that I'm wrong and I'm very happy.
Why bother building 'USB Killer' if simple paper clip would fry the motherboard?