The Advanced Cable Tester v2 Connector Module: USB 3.1 Standard-A to MFi Lightning USB2 enables testing of cables with USB 2.0 Standard-A on one cable end and Apple Lightning USB2 on the other cable end using the Total Phase Advanced Cable Tester v2.
- Verify proper power on for the Lightning plug
- Individually measure the DC resistance of VBUS and GND
- Verify wiring is correct with no shorted or disconnected wires
- Signal Integrity testing of USB 2.0 pairs is supported at about 518 Mbps
- Quiescent current test pass/fail reported
- Over-voltage protection test pass/fail reported
- Voltage recovery test pass/fail reported
- This is all you will need for testing USB Standard-A to Lightning USB2 cables
Apple MFi membership required to run these tests
MFi Lightning passing eye diagram

Test Compatibility
- Power on for Lightning plug
- USB 2.0 (DP/DM) signal integrity testing
- VBUS DC resistance testing
- GND DC resistance testing
- Combined value of VBUS and GND DC resistance reported against specification
- Quiescent current testing
- Over-voltage protection testing
- Voltage recovery testing
Apple MFi membership required to run these tests
Insertions
- Insertion/test count tracking ensures reliable operation.
- Total Phase uses the highest quality connectors available in our Advanced Cable Tester devices. The expected life span, without any test degradation, for the Advanced Cable is 10,000 tests per module.
- All connector modules require the use of the Total Phase Advanced Cable Tester v2.