Upon reading the same article, I learnt that, if following the original Cannon nomenclature, the suffixes P and S should be used for Male and Female respectively, not M and F.

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I generally agree about being correct as far as terminology is concerned, and i learned something new about D-sub shell sizes.
The exception is TIA-232 - I just can't use it (as in writing or speaking). "TIA-232" sounds like a joke. A toy thing. EIA-232 was OK as far as I'm concerned. But I can't stand "TIA-232". So I never use it. This post is the only exception. As EIA-232 didn't last, I'm back to using RS-232 in all my communication about the serial standard.. and at least nobody will ever be in doubt of what I'm talking about.

The advantage here is its all off the protoboard so you get more space.

You can get them from ebay too, then they'll be less than a dollar with free shipping (I have a bunch of them - sometimes you can get two or three on an extra cheap deal). They work too, fortunately..

I saw multipacks after I ordered the one. I made it habit to search for the multipacks now, like a couple weeks ago when I needed a bearing for my table saw, one was $4 and 10 were $5.

I have used a few adapters bought from eBay. I've also made up a few of my own since they are fun and easy to make. Here's a picture showing some of them in use:



This shows:

PLCC84 adapter: The biggest one I've made up. You can buy these from specialist suppliers, but they are big money, so I made one with my toner transfer + FC + Dremel drill press home PCB method. I was quite pleased with this!
PLCC22 adapter: nothing to say about this really, bought from ebay. I have some '44s as well.
Power adapter board: I made this up for fun and because I got fed up with dodgy USB hacks. At some point I will buy a bench power supply...
IDC10 adapter: Useful for AVR projects. I also made a IDC40 adapter which was used for my IDE interface prototype, and other things. Those were made with stripboard and a very fine knife cut down between the two rows of pins.

Other bodges/hacks:

A Shrink DIP64 to 0.1" pin adapter (PCB) for playing with a Yamaha V9958
Flex connector (irritating staggered 2.5mm pin spacing) to DIP adapter (PCB)
Attaching a bit of strip board to one end of a SCART cable
3.5mm sockets...

All kinds of things are possible. I love my breadboards.

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