From: dave at horsfall.org (Dave Horsfall)
Subject: [COFF] 52-pin D-Sub?
Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2020 15:12:25 +1100 (EST) [thread overview]
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On Thu, 27 Feb 2020, Lawrence Stewart wrote:
> Huh. New to me too, but Digikey links to the datasheets, and they
> really do mean DB.They go up to DD100. They are called “double
> density”.
No; the "B" in "DB" means B-sized e.g. the size of a DB-25 connector.
This is a common mistake e.g. a "DB-9" (sic) would be a 25-pin sized
connector holding just 9 pins (it's really a "DE-9") with godnoze-what
spacing.
Believe it or not there is a convention for it:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D-subminiature
Yes, it's one of my gripes...
-- Dave
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2020-02-27 23:37 athornton
2020-02-28 0:04 ` dave
2020-02-28 1:37 ` stewart
2020-02-28 2:12 ` athornton
2020-02-28 4:12 ` dave [this message]
2020-02-28 4:18 ` dave
2020-02-28 14:11 ` clemc
2020-02-28 14:34 ` athornton
2020-02-28 21:23 ` dave
2020-02-28 16:35 ` krewat
2020-02-28 21:28 ` dave
2020-02-28 21:44 ` clemc
2020-02-28 21:58 ` dave
2020-02-28 22:20 ` clemc
2020-02-28 23:22 ` pechter
2020-02-29 13:12 ` emu
2020-02-29 15:45 ` krewat
2020-02-29 15:49 ` clemc
2020-02-28 22:38 ` pechter
2020-02-28 22:05 ` drb
2020-02-28 22:28 ` clemc
2020-02-28 22:26 ` pechter
2020-02-28 22:36 ` clemc
2020-02-28 23:40 ` pechter
2020-02-29 16:52 ` clemc
2020-02-28 23:54 ` pechter
2020-02-29 9:59 rudi.j.blom
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