Innovate terminator plug

[custardavenger]

Does anyone know whats inside this? I want to make another one as mine is burried and I'm too skint to buy one.

[kanujunkie]

if its a terminator then it'll be a balance resistor

[aaronjb]

Assuming the bloke who's borrowed my multimeter gives mine back, I'll see what mine bells out like - of course it'll still be hard to tell if it's just a resistor or if there's anything else involved.

Nothing on the Innovate forums?  Probably not, I suppose, as they have a vested interest  s:lol: :lol: s:lol:

[kanujunkie]

normally a terminator is just a resistor unless it requires timing, which will incorporate an inductor/capacitor circuit, but thats rare and normally only used in multiplexing circuits

[custardavenger]

Hey well a restance to try would be good. I'm happy to try it. With my luck I'll blow the car up but thats how you learn isn't it. I sort of like being the one to try new things.

[kanujunkie]

remember the old rule, measure, measure, measure

[custardavenger]

Thought it was cut first. swear alot then go and buy another one and start again?

[kanujunkie]

been there, done that .........................oooops

[aaronjb]

Hey well a restance to try would be good. I'm happy to try it. With my luck I'll blow the car up but thats how you learn isn't it. I sort of like being the one to try new things.

Well, the worst thing you could do is blow the LC-1 up - apparently they are quite electrically sensitive  s:( s:(  (Shorting the analogue outputs will kill them, for example).

Stu - it's not a multiplexed circuit, it's a simple two-wire RS-232 circuit in fact, no flow control lines even AFAIK.  Still, it works  s;) s;)


Ooh - I love the post window of phpBB3 - it told me that the thread had changed, I scrolled down and clicked Quote next to the post I wanted to reply to.. all without leaving this window.  Nice!

[custardavenger]

It's not for the LC1. It's for the XD16. I have one in the LC1 already but can't get at it now it's installed. I need to make another programing cable but with a 2.5 female plug to program that from the dash end. then the terminator for the XD16.

[custardavenger]

BUMP

Anyone had a chance to get a meter on one yet. I'm going to Maplin tomorrow and was gonna get these bits at the same time.