Date   : Mon, 06 Jul 2009 09:31:57 +0200 (BST)
From   : johan@... (Johan Heuseveldt)
Subject: Econet over UTP ?

Hi Phil,

On Sun 05 Jul, Phil Blundell wrote:
> On Wed, 2009-04-29 at 16:06 +0100, michael.firth@... wrote:

> > One thought I had for an 'easy Econet' kit was to make up PCBs that
> > had 2 5-pin DIN sockets and 2 RJ45 sockets, and then any size of
> > Econet could be made up by stringing those together with standard CAT5
> > cables.
> 
> Having run out of DIN T-pieces and not being able to find anywhere to
> buy more, I've been thinking about acting on Michael's suggestion and
> building some PCBs along these lines.  Would anybody else be interested
> in buying some?  
> 
> I guess they will cost something around ??7 each for a small batch,
> though obviously the price will go down if the number of units goes up.
> You'd get the option to have termination circuitry onboard as well.

Yes, I would go for a few.
About 4, perhaps more.


Greetings,
Johan

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