Path: ...!news.mixmin.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: legg Newsgroups: sci.electronics.repair Subject: Re: unknown connector Date: Sat, 27 Apr 2024 22:23:12 -0400 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 39 Message-ID: References: <832q2jhkfisolvvkti7950c89c7f7p1iie@4ax.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Sun, 28 Apr 2024 04:21:34 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="f5c1b23ca2da2499ef339a4e548a2e1b"; logging-data="873313"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/effk/m5SjCWoeIOUp5hOu" Cancel-Lock: sha1:YUce6RtHYodaaUtqTmjRqRzla48= X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 4.2/32.1118 Bytes: 2144 On 27 Apr 2024 18:11:06 GMT, Allodoxaphobia wrote: >On Sat, 27 Apr 2024 11:09:20 -0400, legg wrote: >> >>>Can't get a name for this connector. >>> >>>It looks like a miniature version of an ancient signal >>>socket, last seen on signal generators from the 50s. >>> >>>http://ve3ute.ca/query/coax_noid_01.JPG >>>http://ve3ute.ca/query/coax_noid_02.JPG >>> >>>I'd thought it was something used on early accelerometer >>>transducer cells, but proved myself wrong about that. >>> >>>In this case it seems to carry simple DC reg supply from >>>USB >> >> For those who aren't familiar with the larger ancient >> implementation ( pre-PL259 ): >> >> http://ve3ute.ca/query/coax_oldie_01.JPG > >Well, that is an olde timey microphone/audio connector. >I dont have any model number for you right at hand. > >BUT, is that a USB-A connector I see at the other end in coax_noid_01.JPG? > >73 >Jonesy The old timey microphone connector is on the output of an FM signal generator (100MHz). The new miniature instance's use seems to be a simple USB to DC regulator. RL