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Subject:	Re: Lego Education Pamphlet indicates a NXT to old style brick adapter cable
Newsgroups:	lugnet.robotics
Date:	Thu, 11 May 2006 00:58:35 GMT
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In lugnet.robotics, Tim Byrne wrote: > I’ll throw one more suggestion on top of that. Take a standard LEGO cable, cut > it in half, and put a standard adaptor on the end (such as a RJ11). > -Tim My understanding from reading some of the posts that the connector NXT uses is a non-standard RJ-esque connector. It is not RJ11 or RJ45 but some new connector. Not an electrical engineer myself, I do not know if this connector is even available through supply sources. Also I further understand that RJ11 is 4 wire and RJ45 is 8 wire. The connector on NXT is 6 wire. Can anyone confirm that the connector is RJ-esque and neither 4 or 8 wire? Todd

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		Re: Lego Education Pamphlet indicates a NXT to old style brick adapter cable
(...) Yep, I can confirm (finally, now that it's past May 1). It is a modified RJ12 connector (RJ-12 is 6 wire phone cord connector). The wiring and the jack size is the same, but the little lock piece that sticks up on the connectors is offset and (...) (19 years ago, 11-May-06, to lugnet.robotics)

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		Re: Lego Education Pamphlet indicates a NXT to old style brick adapter cable
(...) I’ll throw one more suggestion on top of that. Take a standard LEGO cable, cut it in half, and put a standard adaptor on the end (such as a RJ11). One LEGO cable can be used to produce two adaptor cables. From there you can create all the (...) (19 years ago, 10-May-06, to lugnet.robotics)

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