USB cable tester

[artag]

Does anyone know of a USB cable tester that can test more than the minimum power and data pins ?

I can find multiple network testers with a USB option, but it's usually just type A and B connectors - no USB3, C, mini, micro etc.

I can also find a single chinese tester that does have most of the options but only appears to measure the main 4 pins.

I'd like to be able to quickly distinguish power/data and power-only USB 2 cables, OTG host cables, USB 3 fast data path, and type C wiring such as reverse-pinning and PD.

[RolandK]

I have this one: https://www.tindie.com/products/aroerina2/usb-cable-checker/#specs

It is no more available, but the design files are there.

I added a test for the connection of the shield, as for many cheep cables there is no shield. Eg. a USB 3.0 Cable for SSD Disks made a fritzbox send to much WLAN Signal over the USB Cable. It is described in the reviews.

[Kean]

I was looking at this one the other day
https://www.instructables.com/Touch-Screen-Cable-Tracer/
https://www.tindie.com/products/techkiwigadgets/touch-screen-cable-tracer/

[1audio]

if you need to test the latest USB 3 and USB-C cables you need something like this: https://www.totalphase.com/media/datasheet/TP_Advanced_Cable_Tester_v2-Datasheet.pdf Serious overkill to check basic functions but important if your cable needs to deliver 100W+.