28 Nov
2013
28 Nov
'13
3:24 p.m.
On Thu, Nov 28, 2013 at 07:58:19PM +0000, Tony Duell wrote:
Unless you need to make a lot of them, I would have
tought it was quicker
to crimp a ribbon cable to the Berg socket, splig the other ind into
individual wires and solder thsoe to the DB25 (or DE9) connecotr than to
etch and drill the PCB.
I lost patience with making my own PCBs eons ago (and anyway where I live
these days has a septic tank which I'd rather not take risks with), and I
*hate* *hate* *hate* soldering split-up ribbon cable (the insulation melts
away too easily and the wire turns super brittle at just the wrong place).
Anyway OSH Park charges $1.3333/ea (in mults of three, but including postage),
and it's not as if I think my time and effort are worth much (believe me!)
but that's a pretty sweet deal so it's hard to turn down, especially since
the result isn't delicate at all.
I have a less pretty one (square board, doesn't fit inside the connector
housing) that's supposed to work for DL11s and KL8Es and hopefully some of the
sync boards too (it has a few jumpers) and has both DTE and DCE connectors, but
I haven't gotten around to setting up tests of the various scenarios (I made
them mainly because I have some DMV11s with no cab kits but I was hoping to
cover all cases).
John Wilson
D Bit