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An RS232 cable question or two
inGreetings RS232 Gurus, I have a couple machine tools that connect to a computer through RS232. I now need to run a longer cable for one of the...
Greetings RS232 Gurus, I have a couple machine tools that connect to a computer through RS232. I now need to run a longer cable for one of the machines. Looking online it seems like the biggest limiting factor is the capacitance of the cable. I have a reel of cable with three twisted pairs and no shield that's about 300 feet long. Measuring the capacitance with my multimeter I find the capac...
RS232 cable followup
inThanks again to those who responded to my RS232 cable question. This morning I soldered on the DB connectors and did a test of the cable. There...
Thanks again to those who responded to my RS232 cable question. This morning I soldered on the DB connectors and did a test of the cable. There were no problems. I fact, though this is really subjective, the program seemed to download faster than it did with the older, shorter, spliced cable. Eric
Serial Breakout Box
inLooking for an inexpensive (less that $100) serial RS232 breakout box. Can set BAUD, etc and then receive serial data. needs to have some sort...
Looking for an inexpensive (less that $100) serial RS232 breakout box. Can set BAUD, etc and then receive serial data. needs to have some sort of data bit output; TTL or ?. up to 8 bits. nice to be able to send simple data byte back. A kit is fine. what's out there? I already have USB breakout boxes so that is not needed. --- news://freenews.netfront.net/ - complaints: news@netfr...