We all know the RJ45 Ethernet connector from our use of it in the home and office, as well as on the plant floor. Of course, the plant floor versions are more ruggedized to withstand the abuse of an ...

[Mike Lu] likes to add serial ports to his routers to use for debugging but he didn’t want to drill holes in his new RT-N12. After a bit of head-scratching he thought about repurposing the four unused ...

I was hoping there was a twin-RJ45 socket sized one, but they might work. I also found that rdm.com make cables that can lock as well, so I've got information I can at least feed to a colleague for ...

Renesas is aiming at industrial controllers by building an entire Profinet interface inside an RJ45 connector. EtherCAT and EtherNet/IP versions will follow once associated software is ready. The ...

[Photo: Instructables] Have you ever broken the connector on an Ethernet cable, but didn’t want to go out and buy a replacement? If you only have one or two broken cable heads, it’s probably not worth ...

Choosing the right Ethernet cable for you isn’t as straight forward as just buying the best Ethernet cable available and calling it a day. There are various generations of Ethernet cable to consider, ...

If you have to do with a PC and telecom, you will be familiar with RJ45 connectors. They are just as widely used in industrial applications, although, from a technical viewpoint, they are not ...

A network card may have several types of connectors, with the most common being an RJ45 connector and a BNC connector (coaxial cable). In this article, we talk about the RJ45 ethernet crossover cable, ...

Taoglas, the antenna and IoT component specialist, has launched AntJack – a Wi-Fi antenna that is mounted on a standard RJ45 ethernet connector. The FXM100* Wi-Fi antenna can be mounted on Taoglas’ ...

This is a multifunction RJ45 network cable tester. It is the design of the network cable (RJ45) test, and telephone (RJ11). It is cheap and easy to use. It works for network, telephone, cable with ...