Talon SRX Data Port Header

[Mike Copioli]

Originally Posted by marshall

I'd like to see a less fragile ribbon cable though and some way to make the part work from year to year or have an easy method for connecting everything... More Weidmullers (kidding)!

As far as I know there have not been any reported issues with the SRX ribbon cable. In fact we use the exact same cable on the Talon EOL(end of line) test.

Have you had any issues with this cable? If so would you mind describing them?

[marshall]

Originally Posted by Mike Copioli

As far as I know there have not been any reported issues with the SRX ribbon cable. In fact we use the exact same cable on the Talon EOL(end of line) test.

Have you had any issues with this cable? If so would you mind describing them?

We discussed it a lot while beta testing. It's one of the reasons we decided to fabricate a board that could mount in place. It wasn't anything we saw in the field for the beta testing but I've seen issues with these .05" pins being flattened while plugging/unplugging these cables. Unlike the .1" pins, once you bend them, they are gone. I've also seen some issues with ribbon cables ripping near the headers from my PC repair days. Granted, your design does take care of those issues.

Don't get me wrong though... the SRXs are MILES... no, lightyears, ahead of the Jaguars. They are amazing products for FRC.