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  • Theatransistor@chaos.social
    Nov 11, 2026, 9:22 AM

    Therapist: Tag-Connect waifus are not real, they can't hurt you.

    Tag-Connect waifus:

    The cover of electronics world issue July/August 2026. The main image is the new tag connect debug probe plugged into an FPGA? M.2 card. It has the typical pin layout and prongs of a Tag-Connect debug probe but instead of a ribbon cable it has a USB-C port and includes a FT232H chip so you can connect the probe directly to the PC. It has a sticker wrapped around the overmold with labeling and most eye catching a AI adjusted image of a woman in anime style. I was told she is an employee of the company. Flowers in the same style surround her.
    Two of these debug probes on a white finished table. Each adapter is a slightly different version, with two women depicted.
    A big banner showcasing the different versions of these probes there are four in total showing all different women on the labels.
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  • Theatransistor@chaos.social
    Nov 11, 2026, 1:41 PM

    @azonenberg I presume so, the reason I was given was that they wanted to make it easier to identify products compared to their old MPNs.

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  • dr.-ing. ⁡jasegjaseg@chaos.social
    Nov 11, 2026, 1:47 PM

    @transistor i feel like what I need from them is for them to develop a crimp version of their connectors that retails for less than 10$. Their stuff is just too expensive when I can just solder on a few wires for a prototype, or use the much cheaper Würth WR-WST IDC connectors if I want a socketless solution for production or repeated connections.

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  • Theatransistor@chaos.social
    Nov 11, 2026, 1:51 PM

    @jaseg I mentioned the Würth SKEDD connectors to the person too and they are correct that they don't support as many insertion cycles and that the footprint is bigger but that doesn't matter for some applications, one can also use them long term in the device itself.

    Part of the high cost seems to be that the pins are manufactured in the US and shipped to Japan where the rest is assembled if I recall the conversation correctly.

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  • dr.-ing. ⁡jasegjaseg@chaos.social
    Nov 11, 2026, 1:55 PM

    @transistor yeah it’s just a really hard to manufacture design, I get why they are that expensive. That’s why I think they should have come up with something that’s designed for easier manufacturing, reducing the cost.

    The insertion cycles don’t really matter to me. I’m much more likely to loose or accidentally break a debug tool like this than to wear it all the way down. I think the insertion cycle spec of SKEDD is limited by the PCB, not the connector.

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  • dr.-ing. ⁡jasegjaseg@chaos.social
    Nov 11, 2026, 1:56 PM

    @transistor I think the big disadvantage of SKEDD isn’t so much its size as the fact that it requires rather large through holes for each pin, which limits routing space underneath.

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