How about buying another cable and slitting the conductors
apart? Then you can easily clip your probes to
staggered stripped sections.

R

Don Taylor wrote:

> 
> On Mon, 17 Jan 2005, Dwayne Reid wrote:
> 
>> At 02:45 PM 1/16/2005, PicDude wrote:
>>
>>> I need to modify (shorten) an 80-conductor IDE cable, but wondering 
>>> if this is as simple with an IDC crimper as a 40-conductor cable 
>>> (which I also modified recently).  I have not opened up the IDC 
>>> connector yet since I don't have another right now and can't afford 
>>> to be without one today.
>>
>>
>> Yes - I've done it several times without incident.  Just take extra 
>> time to ensure that the cable is properly centered in the connector 
>> before squeezing. A "proper" IDC tool does make it easier than using a 
>> vise but even that will do in a pinch.
> 
> 
> Is anyone aware of a tiny card with a pair of connectors on it, one male 
> and one female, that I could insert between the end of the cable and the 
> drive, so I could get access to the IDE pins and capture some of the 
> transactions with my logic analyzer?  (I have the bus specs so I know 
> how to configure the triggering)  The next step after this would be a 
> little glue logic so a PIC would be able to count the number of hits. 
> But finding a little card to get access is my first step.  This doesn't 
> have to be
> suitable for a commercial product, this is just a hobby experiment.
> 
> Thanks
> 
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