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1. Neywin+(OP)[view] [source] 2026-02-02 02:43:28
Ah. A lesson from somebody who's built hardware that I'm sure you've now learned: make sure connectors can't plug into eachother unless they're supposed to. Even if they're different connectors, different keying, whatever, sometimes they can still be forced together.
replies(3): >>abdull+iW6 >>sowbug+H07 >>tuetuo+lj7
2. abdull+iW6[view] [source] 2026-02-03 22:47:24
>>Neywin+(OP)
I built a lot of Ikea last month. And I was just marveling how cleverly designed everything was so that it was quite difficult to put two wrong pieces together. Mostly, the only warnings in the manuals were to rotate a piece correctly.
3. sowbug+H07[view] [source] 2026-02-03 23:13:08
>>Neywin+(OP)
This is good advice for robust design, but I swear, 9 times out of 10, you will be the one who keys it the wrong way during CAD layout.
4. tuetuo+lj7[view] [source] 2026-02-04 01:00:50
>>Neywin+(OP)
I've seen datacenter techs successfully force an SFP optic in an RJ45 port. So yeah, the shape needs to be very different.
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