[sdiy] Eurorack Power Protection

[Tim Ressel]

Eurorack has few specs, but the power cable orientation is one of them:

http://www.doepfer.de/a100_man/a100t_e.htm

Which states, in red:

"As a rule the -12V line is marked with a colored wire (typically *red)* 
and the colored wire has to be aligned to the bottom of the bus board 
where you find also the -12V imprint."



On 1/4/2017 6:05 AM, Vladimir Pantelic wrote:
> On 04.01.2017 01:30, Laurie wrote:
>> Your comment about location of connector does not work in all designs.
>> For example, designs with a parallel mounted main board will often have
>> the connector running horizontal along the bottom of the board instead
>> of vertically up the side.
> I agree, thats why I said "should" and not "must" :)
>
>> There is a (poor) rule of thumb that says 'stripe to the bottom'. This
>> is REALLY poor and does account for boxed headers or incorrectly made
>> cables (and YES there are 1000's of cables out there that do NOT use Pin
>> 1 as the stripe!!!)
>> If you boxed headers then the statement "should be oriented towards the
>> bottom of a module" becomes academic as you can only connect a IDC cable
>> to a boxed header one way.
> it still aligns with pin 1 being at the bottom of most bus boards I have
> seen, so you don't have to twist the cable 180 degrees.
>
>
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--Tim Ressel
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