No worries Brian. Consider me your alpha tester when you get it finished though, I'll order it and let you know how things turn out.
Gary On Tue, Jul 7, 2020 at 4:32 PM Brian K. White <b.kenyo...@gmail.com> wrote: > Don't rush to actually order this one just yet! I think I made the holes > too small for the through-hole connector. I forgot I was supposed to > check the actual connector before finishing up. > > -- > bkw > > On 7/7/20 7:29 PM, Gary Weber wrote: > > Brian, that looks to be a great solution actually! I may indeed have > > Oshpark build me one. > > > > Yes it does require USB power and I've been trying to figure out how to > > supply that by alternate means. I believe the WiModem232 with OLED > > would draw way too much current to power from a BCR port though. Maybe > > a battery solution like you suggest is the right way to go. > > > > > > On Tue, Jul 7, 2020 at 4:21 PM Brian K. White <b.kenyo...@gmail.com > > <mailto:b.kenyo...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > > > Looking at the wimodem... > > how about this? > > > > https://oshpark.com/projects/1DZoRBEt > > > > Untested since I just drew it up now. It acts as a male-male > > gender-changer for the rs232 pins, connecting pin2 to pn2, 3 to 3 > etc, > > for pins 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,20,22 > > > > The WiModem stands up instead of projecting out of the back, and the > > light and oled faces the user. > > > > Seems power is awkward for the WiModem though. If it needs a usb > power > > source, then standing up like this you'd really want a right-angle > usb > > cord. Myself, I would probably hack on a lipo battery and usb charger > > module or get power from the system bus or barcode ports on the M100 > or > > something. > > > > -- > > bkw > > > > > > On 7/7/20 12:46 PM, Gary Weber wrote: > > > > Won't you run into the same (actually worse) problem in that > case? > > > > > > Jim, you're absolutely right; trying to adapt that would be even > > worse... > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Jul 7, 2020 at 8:16 AM Jim Anderson <jim.ander...@kpu.ca > > <mailto:jim.ander...@kpu.ca> > > > <mailto:jim.ander...@kpu.ca <mailto:jim.ander...@kpu.ca>>> wrote: > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > I'm halfway tempted to desolder the female DB25 on my > > WiModem232 and > > > > replace it with a male version just to eliminate the > > gender change > > > > entirely. > > > > > > Won't you run into the same (actually worse) problem in that > > case? > > > The pin order of the male connector is left-right reversed > > from the > > > pin order of the female connector... unless you put a bit of > > > adapting cable/PCB in between... > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > jim > > > > > > > > > -- > > bkw > > > > > -- > bkw >
