At 09:41 PM 2/13/2004 -0600, you wrote:
>The first thing I did when I got my ICD2 was to make a pigtail to convert
>the RJ
>to a SIP.  The second thing was to dig out a six conductor RJ-11 terminated
>cable, lop of one end and replace it with a SIP.
>
>I don't like the RJ-11 jack.  It's bulky and hard to use with breadboards.
>
>So far, so good.  I don't know for sure if I would ever design a product
>around
>the SIP header, though, because there's got to be a good reason they choose
>to use the RJ-11.
>
>Anyone know why?

The double-ended cables are cheap, rugged and easily replaced by the
(l) user, in the field, so they don't bother M*crochip?

Best regards,

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