[time-nuts] Are serial port headers standardized?

[Bob Camp]

Hi

If I remember correctly IDC = insulation displacement connector. It's the term for the type of connector you smash onto a ribbon cable. You can indeed buy the cable, the D-Conn's and the end that goes to the motherboard. Sit down with a vise and make up your own cables. Lots of fun. 

Cheaper to just buy them pre-made unless you need a 15 foot long one.

Bob

On Oct 20, 2012, at 10:15 AM, Sarah White <kuzetsa at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 10/20/2012 10:06 AM, Bob Camp wrote:
>> Hi
>> 
>> The IDC to 9 pin cables are a generic / cheap item on eBay or from Newegg. Less than $3 delivered last time I needed any. 
>> 
>> Bob
> ((...snip...))
> 
> Motherboard manual said:
> "Connect one side of a switching cable to the header and then attach the
> serial COM device to the other side of the cable."
> 
> ... is "IDC" another way of saying this? what does the acronym represent?
> 
> Also, pricing...  yeah, I had noticed that they're not very expensive,
> and posted this, trying to figure out if they're mostly all just about
> the same:
> 
> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16815158115
> 
> Someone pointed out it was the low-profile version (I wasn't paying
> attention when I linked it earlier) so I'll look a bit later for the
> full-slot type.
> 
> Thanks for answering my original question asked in the topic. "generic"
> (standardized?) is what I was hoping for.
> 
> Regards,
> Sarah
> 
> 
> 
> 
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