Recent content by hammeraxe

Hi, everyone! I'm designing pneumatic damper and I need to work out what the damping coefficient is. Basically it uses a steel rod pushing in a capped aluminium tube with a small air outlet (see diagram). I'm trying to work out what the relation is between the dimensions of the cylinder and...

Yeah, i was thinking the same thing: using a serial-to-USB adapter and a short converting unit. The device I want to connect is a Garmin GPS 35 satnav for embedded applications https://buy.garmin.com/shop/shop.do?pID=62&ra=true I've got the LVS version, so I figure the LVS version...

Obviously, pretty much anything can be done with enough soldering, but I was kind of looking for a ready made solution. It doesn't make that much difference though, as I haven't got the components anyway

No, that's the point. This is how it looks: http://img163.imageshack.us/img163/6378/connectorh.jpg And this needs to be converted to male USB plug to fit into a computer.

This is more of a hobbyist than engineering question, but basically I need to connect a female PS/2 (mini DIN 6-pin) to a female USB (ie plug in a computer). I haven't succeeded in finding a connector that does this, so i thought of doing a PS/2 to USB and then USB male to USB male (as this...