CAT5/6 to non RJ45 connector assemblies

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What types of non-RJ45 cable assemblies plugs/sockets are common? I need to carry instrumentation signals (8 of them) which are a mix of small signal and 60Vpp. I cannot use RJ45 in case someone thinks its Ethernet and destroys their PC by connecting to it

Best Answer

Depending on your design, you can try the following:

  • 2-mm (preferably) or 2.54-mm (possible) pitch IDC connection, initially designed for flat ribbon cable but works with stranded CAT5 UTP well.

  • BNC connection, especially as you noted about instrumentation (measurements?), here soldering is needed. In that case you can also use RCA and similar ones.

  • so called "euroconnection", 3.51-mm (or wider if needed), where you can connect both stranded and/or solid UTP.

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Maybe it looks like a hack, i.e. non-standard, but as you mentioned your approach is initially not standard too. All these connection are popular (and therefore cheap) and pluggable many times.

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