2 Dec
2003
2 Dec
'03
3:08 a.m.
Since I need something like 44 cables (8/i, DM01,
TC01, FPP12, DF32)
100 isn't really too many. Now all I have to do is find the coax ribbon
cable...
If you used a spare header to daisy chain using ribbon cables, you'd save up
to 11 paddles per device, and only need 55 total.
The way that works is that instead of using a pair of paddles for "bus in"
and "bus out", you'd use one paddle, but it would have an "input"
ribbon and
an "output" ribbon. It is my understanding that the devices essentially
wire a pairs of sockets 1-1 for the "bus in" and "bus out" connectors.
(I
have quoted "input" and "output" because it is a bus, and there is no
real
difference between them.)
Of course, that won't look quite right to whoever compares your hardware to
the manuals :-).
Vince