MEP EP#294: Twisted Pairs
Sep 15, 2021•47 min•Ep. 294
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Episode description
USB vs Ethernet for Test Equipment?
- Ethernet comes with free isolation
- No drivers required to get Ethernet working
- USB is faster to get working depending on your network hacking skills
- USB software stacks in test equipment are kinda hit or miss
How to make hardware work with Ethernet?
- Still learning about this
- Trying out Arduino -> Ethernet shields that use the Wiznet W5100
- Managed to get a demo working with SCPI and the shield
Tag Connect : Edge-Connect
- https://www.tag-connect.com/product-category/products/edge-connect
- Spring loaded leaf springs in a connector that slides onto the side of a PCB
- Looks like a great alternative to normal tag connect
Bias test connector - OTC (one time connect)
- PEM smtsss-4mm-6et solderable spring standoffs
- Use in conjunction with through hole pogo pins
- Just add holes and target points on main pcb and plug the connector in for access to the nets
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