teddy

then you have the three types of gender changer: M-M, F-F, and M-F
the last one makes little sense to me, except as a cable splice, maybe?
https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/114/713/432/969/892/987/original/3bb3d9f2c947aace.png

2025-06-20 02:01:42 UTC

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there are only two genders: RS232 data terminal equipment (DTE) and data communications equipment (DCE)

2025-06-20 00:07:29 UTC

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it's not burned out. it's got pins, when i expected holes. until an adapter arrives, this will have to do

2025-06-19 22:21:31 UTC

due to an unfortunate oversight about the type of db9 port on the TDS784D scope RS232 interface, i am forced to use plan B to liberate trace data
https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/114/712/346/776/145/426/original/bf9fccda8138ea7a.jpg

2025-05-17 14:52:14 UTC

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interesting!

2025-05-17 14:20:34 UTC

digikey archives your orders, and you can search them, which is great!
but they only appear to save them for 5 years. i wish it were longer

2025-03-29 18:44:32 UTC

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i'd like to see this, but for a real-world example, where the tx line is connected to the other tx line, as we all do on first board revs