You don’t need access to fancy test gear to check and fault-find computer data cables. Instead, this simple device will give a quick indication of the status of point-to-point cable wiring; ie, ...

I bought a cat5 cable at Value village. I can test it with my $3000 Fluke, but I had an idea. Take an old computer and add two nics. That's the hardware. You would plug both ends into the two nics and ...

I have a drawer full of USB cables and every time I want to connect a device, I have to try them out. USB-C was supposed to simplify things: One cable for everything, that was the promise. In practice ...

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.