28 Feb
2020
28 Feb
'20
4:12 a.m.
On Thu, 27 Feb 2020, Lawrence Stewart wrote:
Huh. New to me too, but Digikey links to the
datasheets, and they
really do mean DB.They go up to DD100. They are called “double
density”.
No; the "B" in "DB" means B-sized e.g. the size of a DB-25 connector.
This is a common mistake e.g. a "DB-9" (sic) would be a 25-pin sized
connector holding just 9 pins (it's really a "DE-9") with godnoze-what
spacing.
Believe it or not there is a convention for it:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D-subminiature
Yes, it's one of my gripes...
-- Dave