[Elecraft] Re: What's wrong with Serial

[Mario Lorenz]

Am 19. Jun 2006, um 22:03:11 schrieb wayne burdick:
> 
> Correct. Then the principle designer, N6KR, wrote:
> 
>     We didn't have room for two connectors.

Wayne,

Sorry to have to disagree. The issue is that you use what is
a commonly used connector for a commonly used purpose (ie, a db9 for
serial communications) in a way that is non-standard so badly that
it might cause equipment damage when someone mistakenly assumes its
standard.

If space were the issue, you could have opted for even smaller footprint
connectors that are not _that_ widely used for serial communications
like RJ45 (Cisco routers being a notable exception), or, probably even
better - a VGA connector, which gives you lots more pins on the same
footprint.

Mario

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