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Poll: What Do Electronic Engineers Want to Know about Cabling, Wiring & Connectors

I know its hard to gain the attention of electronic engineers who get goose bumps over hearing about the fastest processor ever on the Raspberry Pi4 or the latest high-performance dual core superscalar processor running at 1.6 Ghz, and then abruptly change the conversation to talk about wiring, cabling and connectors.

 

But all electronics systems need to one degree or another some kind of wiring, cabling (for connecting sub-assemblies or system wide components), and connectors (interconnects and terminations).

 

If I have your attention, I'd like to bring you into the conversation now and ask you (as if we were sitting at a bar I frequent near my apartment in Chicago called The Globe Pub), "what do you want to know about cabling wiring and connectors." (Go ahead, take a sip from your glass of GuinnessRegistered before you answer).

 

To help you ponder your answer, check out my poll below. Or, leave a comment and tell me what what you would like to know about cabling, wiring and connectors, or, even better, share a story about the time that you wished you had known more about wiring, cabling and connectors and didn't and what happened.

 

Poll Question: What Do You Want to Know about Cabling, Wiring & Connectors?

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  • I said network cable for a very specific reason.  What is going to replace the (ancient) RJ45 cable for Ethernet?  I've seen an industrial supplier is selling a smaller more robust connector for Ethernet.  Is this an industry standard?  I like RJ45, I know how it works, but of course that darn click tab breaks off to often, so I know we can do better.  And these days the RJ45 is too big for our ever smaller SBC, plus wouldn't it be nice to have a 24 port network switch that doesn't fill a 19" rack?

  • in reply to mp2100

    "...I like RJ45, I know how it works, but of course that darn click tab breaks off to often, so I know we can do better..."

     

    Perhaps consider using an industrial RJ45 connector then ?

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    I've not had a tab on one of these break on me yet...

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