Alice Averlong🏳️⚧️this stupid USB drive doesn't work if you jam it into the ethernet port on accident
yet. note to self: make a flash drive that you plug into the ethernet port.
I've already got some of the parts I'd need to make this, thanks to my ongoing "ethernet keyboard" project
that one is currently on hold thanks to my roommate's new terminal having a broken "M" key
(I loaned her the last PS/2 keyboard I have on hand)
how do you think things are going in the alternate universe where instead of USB, we standardized on ethernet?
external peripherals plug in over ethernet, and just communicate over tcp/ip. usb hubs? you just use ethernet hubs. you recharge your phone and laptop and ebook over PoE.
There's PoE powerbanks and many people keep them in their purse/bag
Trammell Hudson@foone some automotive systems have gone all-in on 48V PoE for their communication bus. too bad the connectors are so chonky.
Simon Brooke
Aslak Raanes@simon_brooke @th @foone Those are Teslas «standard»? https://www.tesla.com/en_CA/blog/standardizing-automotive-connectivity
Do I loathe Musk sufficiently to make me avoid an electrical connection standard promoted by his companies?
Tricky.
Empterdose@simon_brooke @th's alt text helpfully identifies these as Tesla's. A reverse image search brings up https://www.tesla.com/blog/standardizing-automotive-connectivity, which names them as LVCS connectors. I haven't quickly found any for direct consumer purchase, though.
One of the problems with fancy connectors like these is that they often require special tooling for assembling the connector. Even if you can get your hands on some of the connectors, you probably won't be able to put them together to spec. Formally meeting spec doesn't matter at all for a tractor, but you might also end up with fragile electrical connections, etc.
Searching AliExpress (again, this IS a tractor we're talking about) for “automotive connector” brings up a few neat-looking results, including some kits with both plugs and sockets, AND suitable (albeit knock-off) crimping tools. Maybe something there will fit the bill?
@MrDOS @th Aye, I have some connectors which I'm planning to fit. But connectors designed for 12 volt are very small and fiddly, while these look as thought they're chunkier! The tractor is more than sixty years old, and its original wiring harness had no connectors. I rewired it once about ten years ago, but the lack of modularity in that harness makes disassembling the tractor for maintenance work awkwardly difficult, so I want to do it again with connectors I can easily unplug.
@simon_brooke Beautiful beastie! Faced with the same problem, I'd probably reach for XT60 connectors first; but I suspect those are the ones you're currently finding small and fiddly.
I suppose another problem with high-current, low-voltage connectors might be that many of them will be engineered with modern automotive, quadcopter, or RC car applications, meaning plastic/non-conductive frames in mind, and so many of them won't be available in a 1-conductor variant.