DATA CABLE TESTING
x BREAKOUT BOX
xx DATA CABLE
xx ELECTRIC CONTINUITY TESTING
RS-232 terminal/monitor. Build this powerful serial-bus analyzer (SBA) which works like an expensive unit, but costs little more than a quality break-out box. Can also double as a portable, battery-operated keyboard/terminal. Est. cost: $75 (kit). ELECTRONICS EXPERIMENTERS HANDBOOK 1993 pg. 123
Universal RS-232 connector is essentially a dedicated break-out board that makes the signals easily accessible and reconfigureable. ELECTRONICS HOBBYISTS HANDBOOK 1993 pg. 25
Cable tester. Build a low-cost multipath continuity tester that uses electronic switches to move the "probe" from wire-to-wire. Est. cost: $40 (kit). ELECTRONICS NOW Jul 1995 (v.66#7) pg. 69
Serial cable tester uses eight LED pairs (and switches) to test the continuity of the eight most important lines of an RS-232 cable. POPULAR ELECTRONICS [2] Jan 1990 (v.7#1) pg. 63
Build a cable tester for multi-conductor cable assemblies. POPULAR ELECTRONICS [2] Apr 1992 (v.9#4) pg. 53
Build a breakout box for testing computer data cables. POPULAR ELECTRONICS [2] May 1992 (v.9#5) pg. 61
Build the universal RS-232 connector. Two 25-pin D connectors attached to a circuit board facilitate the use of small jumper wires to test various pin linkages. POPULAR ELECTRONICS [2] Oct 1992 (v.9#10) pg. 63
Circuit for testing 2-conductor cables. POPULAR ELECTRONICS [2] Feb 1993 (v.10#2) pg. 76
Make a simple device to check ribbon-cable assemblies for continuity. POPULAR ELECTRONICS [2] Mar 1994 (v.11#3) pg. 28
Cable-tester and wire-tracing system. A transmitter circuit generates four distinct audio tones that are received at the output using a receiver circuit. Used to trace and correctly connect multi-wire cables. POPULAR ELECTRONICS [2] Apr 1996 (v.13#4) pg. 65
RS-232 probe circuits use a 3-volt window comparator to test the active input and output lines. POPULAR ELECTRONICS [2] Feb 1997 (v.14#2) pg. 76
DTMF wire tracer. A tone generator placed at one end of a wire bundle, and a tone decoder at the other end, allows up to 16 conductors to be easily identified in only a matter of seconds. POPULAR ELECTRONICS [2] Jul 1997 (v.14#7) pg. 33
Correction POPULAR ELECTRONICS [2] Dec 1997 (v.14#12) pg. 6
Correction POPULAR ELECTRONICS [2] Feb 1998 (v.15#2) pg. 5
Correction POPULAR ELECTRONICS [2] Apr 1998 (v.15#4) pg. 6
Simple cable tester for audio applications. Can be adapted to other types of cable (video, computer, etc.). RADIO-ELECTRONICS Aug 1986 (v.57#8) pg. 29
Finding faults in cables (transmission lines) using time-domain reflectometry. How it works and tips on its uses. RADIO-ELECTRONICS Mar 1987 (v.58#3) pg. 66
Cable tester circuit for checking eight-conductor cable run throughout a building. RADIO-ELECTRONICS Mar 1989 (v.60#3) pg. 73
Build an intelligent multi-line computer cable tester. Est. cost: $25. RADIO-ELECTRONICS Apr 1989 (v.60#4) pg. 77
RS-232 terminal/monitor. Build this serial-bus analyzer and learn about the 68705 microcontroller. Allows more in-depth analysis than an ordinary breakout box. Can alse be used as a portable, battery-powered terminal. Est. cost: $75. RADIO-ELECTRONICS Aug 1991 (v.62#8) pg. 50
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