<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 3:33 PM, Brian Phillips <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:brian.phillips@gmx.net">brian.phillips@gmx.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
> About 80% of the way down, there is a simple circuit to convert the<br>
> header pins on the motherboard to an optical connection. A couple<br>
> resistors, a cap, and a transmitter module that's really just an LED<br>
> with a nice plug housing.<br>
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> None of that helps you if you lack the header pins on the motherboard<br>
> and know what pin is what, but it might help others.<br>
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Or, there's this already-built module:<br>
<a href="http://www.svideo.com/coaxtoslink1.html" target="_blank">http://www.svideo.com/coaxtoslink1.html</a><br>
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Downsides: requires it's own power supply.</blockquote><div><br><br>And it doesn't help if you're trying to connect to a mobo pin header. :) But it's still a useful device. The nice thing about the circuit I posted is that it can draw power from that same pin header. They usually provide +5V, GND, and DATA. Parts cost is about $8, shipping can kill you though. I was ordering some other stuff anyway, so I just added those parts while I was at it. <br>
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