[New post] Google engineer’s testing of USB-C cables ends as bad cable fries his Chromebook & test kit

Ben Lovejoy posted: " Google engineer Benson Leung was doing a great job at distinguishing the good, the bad and the ugly where USB Type-C cables are concerned, exposing ones that failed to meet the proper specs as well as others that were just plain dangerous. Unfortun" Respond to this post by replying above this line New post on 9to5Google Google engineer’s testing of USB-C cables ends as bad cable fries his Chromebook & test kit by Ben Lovejoy Google engineer Benson Leung was doing a great job at distinguishing the good, the bad and the ugly where USB Type-C cables are concerned, exposing ones that failed to meet the proper specs as well as others that were just plain dangerous. Unfortunately his testing has now come to an abrupt end as one particularly bad cable resulted in significant damage to both his Chromebook Pixel and the USB PD sniffer devices he was using ... Read more of this post Ben Lovejoy | February 3, 2016 at 7:19 am | Tags: Chromebook, Google, Universal Serial Bus, USB type-C, USB-C | Categories: Tech Industry | URL: http://wp.me/p1w6tN-y4M Comment    See all comments Unsubscribe to no longer receive posts from 9to5Google. Change your email settings at Manage Subscriptions. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: http://9to5google.com/2016/02/03/bad-usb-c-cable-fries-chromebook/ Thanks for flying with WordPress.com