[time-nuts] ***SPAM*** RS232 cables - thin connectors

Eric Williams wd6cmu at gmail.com
Thu Jul 25 19:56:24 EDT 2013


Or mold some Polymorph <https://www.sparkfun.com/products/10951> around the
DB-9.


On Thu, Jul 25, 2013 at 3:28 PM, Chris Albertson
<albertson.chris at gmail.com>wrote:

> Make your own cable from a bare DB-9 connector, solder and shrink tube.
>
>
> On Thu, Jul 25, 2013 at 2:54 PM, Eric Williams <wd6cmu at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Maybe "low-profile rs232"?
> >
> > Something like: http://www.cablestogo.com/product/52138
> >
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Jul 25, 2013 at 1:51 PM, Hal Murray <hmurray at megapathdsl.net>
> > wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > After all the discussions about the cost of power, I'm getting my act
> > > together and replacing my old power hungry PCs with new/modern Atom
> > boards.
> > > I found one that has 2 RS232 connectors.  Looks good.
> > >   http://www.mini-box.com/Intel-D2500CCE-Mini-ITX-Motherboard
> > >
> > > The catch is that they are only 0.625 inches apart and most of the
> > > connectors
> > > on my RS232 cables are just a bit thicker than that so I can't use both
> > at
> > > the same time.
> > >
> > > Does anybody have a source of cables with thin connectors?  Is there a
> > > magic
> > > term to google for?
> > >
> > > I think I tried filing one down a while ago.  Modern plastics/rubber is
> > > really tough.  Maybe I should try again with a better mechanical setup,
> > > maybe
> > > build a jig to hold it.
> > >
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> > >
> > >
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