why haven't ethernet connectors changed?

Lyndon Nerenberg lyndon at orthanc.ca
Thu Dec 20 22:14:14 UTC 2012 

On 2012-12-20, at 12:13 PM, Michael Thomas wrote:

> Do these
> things need to have gig-e speeds? Probably not... for a lot even Bluetooth speeds
> are probably fine. But they do want to be really small and really inexpensive.

Then run RS-422 or RS-485 over a single twisted pair.  You don't even need a connector – you can solder directly to the PCB.

--lyndon

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