Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Don Kuenz Newsgroups: sci.electronics.design Subject: Re: analog failures Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2017 14:58:49 -0000 (UTC) Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 32 Distribution: world Message-ID: <20170224b@crcomp.net> References: <26ca0bd7-436a-408b-8084-792032accf3a@googlegroups.com> <3b85856b-fb02-4edb-9223-878c9efbf7ac@googlegroups.com> <004c4a1f-ecc9-422d-a982-ce163d9224a2@googlegroups.com> Injection-Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2017 14:58:49 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: mx02.eternal-september.org; posting-host="d032f0c782dffbe396606c5171b5943f"; logging-data="9550"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+DM1V6zx+lpoGWKlDMHUA9" Cancel-Lock: sha1:TVvypN9mpDuXR26Odhwte9KX/gI= Xref: csiph.com sci.electronics.design:449030 Tim Williams wrote: > "Joerg" wrote in message > news:eh8oq2Fgp7rU1@mid.individual.net... >> "We guarantee 99.9% contact reliability on DIN connectors" ... a certain >> consultant raises hand ... "Sir, our motherboard has lots of DIN >> connectors and the pin number totals 3,456. According to your statement >> three to four of those could fail to connect reliably. Could you tell us >> which ones those would be?" >> >> The meeting sort of ended. > > I remember you'd told that one before... ;) > > They're used pretty often in server gear (at least, the economically-vintage > hardware I've seen torn down: < 5 years age, 1/4" thick, 32 layer PCBs, you > know, that sort of thing...). Those have at least as many pins, probably > more inside the whole box. > > Were they just a particularly shit supplier, or what? :-) > > Also DIN connectors, but nevermind that? This thread gives me deja vu. My keyboard, synthesizer, and Edirol DIN-5 to USB adapter all use DIN-5. "Don't shoot me, I'm only the piano player." Thank you, -- Don Kuenz KB7RPU