Are there any testers with both built-in triggers and DC connectors?
There are UD18 and UD24 with PD connectors but they do NOT have PD/QC voltage triggers (sauce: UD18, UD24).
Which is kind of sad, considering they HAVE barrel DC connectors.
Necro of an old unanswered post...
No, it's not sad. USB QC and PD Triggering is specifically for USB. There are no data lines on a DC barrel jack, and hence absolutely no way of triggering anything on a simple 2-wire power line.
A Power Supply with a DC Barrel connector cannot be triggered, so why would you need to have "triggering" in a tester for such power supplies?
To make the trigger work, you must be connected to a USB power supply (with suitable capability) then supply the Trigger signals to the power source via the USB Data (for QC) or CC (for PD) connections. Thus you must use a USB cable that is suitable for that task, you cannot make that connection to the power supply using a DC Barrel cable.
If you have a "non-triggering" meter like a UD18/24 you can insert it into the corresponding USB power outlet port, then insert a QC or PD Trigger into one of the available OUTPUT ports on the same tester. Alternatively, you can use a pass-thru trigger and place the tester after the Trigger, with the load hanging off the tester.
- This will allow you to pass the required QC/PD trigger signals back into the power supply and make it switch voltages.
In the case of the UD you could plug in a trigger to the USB Output, then draw a load from DC5.5 Output or Type-C Output. Or plug the trigger into Type-C Output then draw the load from USB Output or DC5.5 Output.