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longg(at)pjm.com
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Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2010 10:47 am Post subject: Looking for a do-hicky thingy

I’m having trouble getting a reading from Klaus’s Plasma III box (RPM pulse) to my Dynon. Either Klaus or Dynon is telling me fish stories.  

   

I’m looking for a gadget that fits as a pass through to a DB15 connector and has stubs or leads off the  side so it would allow me to test values passing through DB15 the connector.   

   

This sounds reasonable but I have no idea if such things exist?  

   

Any ideas on where I might find something like this?  

   

If they do exist, what are they called?  

   

Thanks,  

   

Glenn  

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ronr(at)advanceddesign.co
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Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2010 11:09 am Post subject: Looking for a do-hicky thingy

How about a jumper cable where you crimp two wires  to each pin. Then you could take the extra wires out to a test  plug.

  

 Regards

  

 Ron Raby

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rjquillin(at)cox.net
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Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2010 11:17 am Post subject: Looking for a do-hicky thingy

The fancy version, for those with more $$$ than time



  http://www.breakoutboxes.com/



 At 11:46 7/20/2010, you wrote:



 [quote]I’m looking for a gadget that fits as a pass through to a DB15 connector and has stubs or leads off the  side so it would allow me to test values passing through DB15 the connector. 



  This sounds reasonable but I have no idea if such things exist?



  Any ideas on where I might find something like this?



  If they do exist, what are they called?[b]

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ceengland(at)bellsouth.ne
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Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2010 11:35 am Post subject: Looking for a do-hicky thingy

On 7/20/2010 1:46 PM, longg(at)pjm.com wrote:

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 I’m having trouble getting a reading from Klaus’s Plasma III box (RPM 

 pulse) to my Dynon. Either Klaus or Dynon is telling me fish stories.



 I’m looking for a gadget that fits as a pass through to a DB15 

 connector and has stubs or leads off the side so it would allow me to 

 test values passing through DB15 the connector.



 This sounds reasonable but I have no idea if such things exist?



 Any ideas on where I might find something like this?



 If they do exist, what are they called?



 Thanks,



 Glenn



Google 'inline db15 breakout connector'.
	




1st one I hit on was:

http://www.winfordeng.com/products/brk15mf.php



If you do a bit more digging (try Black Box), you can probably find one 

that is just 3 dB connectors back to back to side, allowing insertion 

in-line with existing cables/chassis and giving you probe access on the 

3rd connector



Charlie

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longg(at)pjm.com
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Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2010 11:35 am Post subject: Looking for a do-hicky thingy

Thanks Ron,



Yeah, that's a pain 'cause Klaus has those wires shrunk in there tighter

than you know what...



Today I learned something from one of our subscribers. It's called a

Break Out Box. 



http://device-connect.com/product/hdbreakout/hdbreakout.php



Glenn E. Long

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longg(at)pjm.com
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Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2010 11:39 am Post subject: Looking for a do-hicky thingy

Wow,  

   

If I buy that I’ll put Bob out of business. I don’t what to go into the business, just get an lousy RPM reading on my Dynon. I’ll dig for either used or a harbor freight something.  

   

Do not archive  

     

Glenn E. Long  

  

       

From: owner-aeroelectric-list-server(at)matronics.com [mailto:owner-aeroelectric-list-server(at)matronics.com] On Behalf Of Ron Quillin

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The fancy version, for those with more $$$ than time

 

 http://www.breakoutboxes.com/

 

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  This sounds reasonable but I have no idea if such things exist?

 

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retasker(at)optonline.net
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Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2010 11:57 am Post subject: Looking for a do-hicky thingy

http://www.winfordeng.com/products/brk15mf.php

 

 http://www.bipom.com/products/us/3376564.html  (which seems to be the same as above)

 

 These used to be readily available for troubleshooting RS232 cables but I cannot seem to find any but those above.

 

 As someone else mentioned, you can make your own with either solder or crimp DB15 connectors by just including a second wire connected to each DB15 interconnect wire.

 

 Dick Tasker

 

 

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I’m having trouble getting a reading from Klaus’s Plasma III box (RPM pulse) to my Dynon. Either Klaus or Dynon is telling me fish stories.   

    

I’m looking for a gadget that fits as a pass through to a DB15 connector and has stubs or leads off the  side so it would allow me to test values passing through DB15 the connector.    

    

This sounds reasonable but I have no idea if such things exist?   

    

Any ideas on where I might find something like this?   

    

If they do exist, what are they called?   

    

Thanks,   

    

Glenn   

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nuckolls.bob(at)aeroelect
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Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2010 7:19 pm Post subject: Looking for a do-hicky thingy

At 02:33 PM 7/20/2010, you wrote:

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Thanks Ron,



Yeah, that's a pain 'cause Klaus has those wires shrunk in there tighter

than you know what...



Today I learned something from one of our subscribers. It's called a

Break Out Box.


	


   Yeah, I've got a fist full of those that have proven

   handy in my business for over 50 years. When you're

   working with low current D-sub signals, here's a little

   trick . . .



http://aeroelectric.com/Pictures/Tools/Test_Equipment/Quck_n_Dirty_Breakout.jpg



   A piece of ribbon cable and some munch-on connectors

   can be assemble in a variety of useful combinations.

   A M-F patch cable of appropriate length can be

   'enhanced' with a female connector either between the

   ends . . . or on a "flying tail". Last time I built

   one of these was to look at some signals on a black-box

   buried about 3' away from anyplace I could get access

   to in flight.



   I took a 4' piece of ribbon cable and munched the

   M-F pair on one end about 4" apart. On the other

   end, I put a female connector to serve as an array

   of tiny "pin jacks" where ir proved easy to eavesdrop

   on what was happening at the other end of the cable.



   If I were in better shape for being unpacked and sorted

   out, I could send you the break-out adapter shown in

   the picture. If you can't get ribbon cable and connectors

   locally, a friend of mine in Wichita could assemble one

   for you from inventory (Lloyd's Electronics) and mail

   it to you. The whole thing goes together in about 5 minutes

   for about five dollars.

   Bob . . .

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