Schaublin 125-CNC retrofit.

Thanks, save €65 verse butcher 4 Cat 6 cables, pretty good deal, thanks.

Just wondering, by why not just put RJ45 sockets on all the boards which have RS-422 ports? They'd be cheaper than the plug in screw connections, easier to to fab, and easier for the user to integrate.
Mark

Mark
Yes , I watched many of his casting videos some of which show details about his electric melting furnace construction . ( electric heating coil type furnaces tend to burn out quickly at cast iron temperatures )
Anyway, his video included a section of his vacuum pump which I thought might be interesting to you . As I was watching his Lost Foam technique wondered if 3D printing a female mould an then fill it with foam in a can insulation stuff could work for making lost foam patterns .
Break time is over - back to the Schaublin 125-CNC retrofit.
Bob

RotarySMP wrote: Thanks, save €65 verse butcher 4 Cat 6 cables, pretty good deal, thanks.

Just wondering, by why not just put RJ45 sockets on all the boards which have RS-422 ports? They'd be cheaper than the plug in screw connections, easier to to fab, and easier for the user to integrate.
Mark

I do have them on some boards but sometimes these connections are used for other purposes
(non-sserial devices so a straight through cable could not be used anyway)

The connector cost is about the same

BTW you would only "butcher" 2 cables ( by cutting them in 1/2 )

RotarySMP wrote:
Just wondering, by why not just put RJ45 sockets on all the boards which have RS-422 ports?

To prevent people like me plugging in the network cable and wondering why there is no link to starlink satellites!

PCW wrote: BTW you would only "butcher" 2 cables ( by cutting them in 1/2 )

You know I would have been dumb enough to buy 4 short cables, rather than two longer ones.
Mark

I cut a few connectors off the ends of patch cables before the light bulb went on...