Connecting Smart-Serial cables.

For no good reason I have never been totally happy cutting down a CAT5 cable and clamping the ends in a terminal block. So I came up with an alternative.

 

This is an 8P8C connector and a little PCB that I had made. Actually I had a lot pc PCBs made. 50. 

 

The PCB was made small enough to fit between the rows of the 7i69, as shown above. But for a 7i76 there is not room, However a different terminal block can be used:

 

And that actually works with the first design of PCB that I had made, before realising that I had made them too large for the gap. 

 

So, I now have something like 100 PCBs (and 20 sockets) of which I will only ever use a small fraction. Does anyone want one? 

I find this far more elegant. How do I get on the list and how do we reimburse your cost?

scotth wrote:

I find this far more elegant. How do I get on the list and how do we reimburse your cost?

+1 Andy as above

FYI you can find similar stuff on eBay by searching "rj45 breakout". 

I've used stuff like  these with great success.

Roiki wrote:

I've used stuff like  these with great success.

Those don't really solve the problem of going from Mesa-card Phoenix connectors to CAT5 cable. 
 

I could use 2 or 3 of them, but it will be to much trouble for you, so i am kicking myself out of the list !