Date   : Fri, 10 Jul 2009 15:46:28 +0100
From   : dm.hunt@... (David Hunt)
Subject: Econet over UTP ?

> 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.

I'd be interested in three. CAT5/RJ45 for the interlink is a good idea, I've
got miles of CAT5 cable and a big bag of connectors ;)

The ability to terminate on the board would be useful. Is the design going
to be RJ45 at the sides and DIN at the bottom - that format would be easy to
mount on walls, floors and skirting boards as well as free floating.

Hopefully it'll fit into a readily available, easily workable, cheap, small
box!

Cheers

Dave