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Re:Hacking together a USB-C charger for a cheap Chromebook by MrBuddyCasino on Monday October 12, 2020 @06:29PM (#24760208)
Did some more research. I don't have a linux system with usb-c rn, but one can maybe query the emarker VDO in sysfs: https://people.kernel.org/bleung/

On windows there are the MUTT tools, but looks cumbersome: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/drivers/us...

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Re:Hacking together a USB-C charger for a cheap Chromebook by MrBuddyCasino on Tuesday October 13, 2020 @06:52AM (#24764229)
Found a hardware thingy that can display CC1/CC2 emarker info.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMlySYTHbyk

https://www.banggood.com/POWER-Z-PD3_0-QC4_0-USB-Tester-Volt...

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