On Saturday, January 21, 2012 02:44:46 PM Przemek Klosowski did opine: > On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 6:22 PM, gene heskett <[email protected]> wrote: > > signals and needs to be fairly compact, I am drawn to the pcb mounted > > version of the RJ-11 connector. But sitting here, I realized that > > although it is supposed to be a 6 pin connector, I have never seen > > one with more than 4 positions populated, nor have I seen The > > matching 6 wire cable. I considered the RJ-45 too, but have not seen > > any pcb mount jacks in my neck > > I'm guilty of liking RJs too, gov'nor! six-connector version of RJ11 is > I > > think called RJ-14: > > ttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Registered_jack > > and is pretty rare, so if you need more than 4 go to RJ45. > > What do you mean you don't have PCB-mounted RJ45? Just steal an unused > one from one of your network hubs :) I thought everyone here would have > a drawer of old PC cards, so just get an old network card from there > and hit it with a heat gun.
Chuckle, but I'm spoiled, I've had an employee for the last 25 years whose packrat rating is at least 10x mine, and whom I have been using for a source of stuff that is now made out of pure unobtainium and has been for 30 years. But like me, he finally hit SS age & retired the first of the year. So now I'll have to drive over to his place and see if he has some, if I was really set on doing it. OTOH, I have a blown to hell xylotex board I can get these screw terminals from and they take up about 10% of the volume the RJ45 would. The reduced volume makes the sale since there isn't a heck of a lot of room under the change gear cover of a 7x10-12 lathe. Sold IOW. :) Besides, the next thing I need to do since the weather has warmed a few degrees, is to go and cut the board locator recess in the top of a 4x6 hunk of 1/2 HDPE. But first, drill and tap for some 4-40 retainer screws, which will distort the HDPE, but when I cut the recess, that should cut away that distortion. :) Theoretically... First, I thought I had a 4-40 tap but must have broken it, so I just put most of a hundred miles on the GMC finding another, and that one a high priced and el cheapo Hansen at Ace Hdwe in Bridgeport WV. Not terribly sharp but it did gnaw something that looked & worked like threads in the HDPE. Hansen used to make pretty decent stuff, 40 years ago, now they are both dull, and brittle as cold glass. Recently I've had a lot better luck with those TiN plated Mibro taps, sharp AND good steel. That HDPE stuff I had forgotten is stringy. But I have a piece of pcb bolted gently into the pocket, and my dial indicator says it about a thou high on the right edge. I suspect there is a burr of copper from sawing up the board that I need to polish away. OTOH, that is about 10 thou closer to level than my wooden jig was. :) Now to figure out what to do about the missing drill.h file. More reading I suspect... Thanks Przemek, Cheers, Gene -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) My web page: <http://coyoteden.dyndns-free.com:85/gene> Today is what happened to yesterday. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Try before you buy = See our experts in action! The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-dev2 _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
