On Wednesday 30 September 2015 22:58:56 Gregg Eshelman wrote: > On 9/30/2015 8:55 AM, Gene Heskett wrote: > > It looks like a fairly decent card, if only it didn't have the DB-25 > > male input that makes you buy a $25 cable from the Mach people. > > Male to female cables seem to be scarce in these here parts. > > > > Hence the order for a pair of F-F gender changers at <$3 ea going in > > last night, along with me buying the last 2 Magnate 7507 bits from > > Amazon. I sure hope they are sharper than the first one, as the > > result will otherwise need a lot of sanding to remove the "hair" the > > first one wants to leave while carving pine > > When I need something funky odd for a computer cable, I have > cableclub.com make it. One was an external SCSI cable with a > combination of connectors and length that was completely unobtainable > as a stock item, and the price was pretty cheap from them. > > 'Course that was a decade or so ago... > > I should enquire about the availability, or not, of USB gender > changers with a user assembled housing. I want to make some trick > charging adapters to make Apple and Samsung devices to pull maximum > power from any USB wall wart with the capability to supply 2+ amps. > It's not as simple as shorting the data pins with those brands, and > the Samsung tablets *need* to pull at least 2 amps to not have the > charge slowly drop while they're being used. > > $30 for a "special" Samsung wall wart when the secret is just a couple > of resistors! > > Now if there's a way to automatically sense Apple, Samsung or "other" > and switch to the proper voltages on the data lines, or just short the > data lines...
These gender changers I've ordered only add perhaps 1/2" to the cable, so they don't stick out and get too much in the way. Or at least that is what the pictures promise. OTOH, I think we've both been to THAT dog & pony show by now. :) Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
