I've got an Asante MacCon for an SE/30, but I don't have the daughterboard that has the actual ethernet jack. Does anyone know what the pinout of the 14-pin IDC connector that would connect the daughterboard is? From pictures of the daughterboard it doesn't look like complicated, and I'm hoping I can build a replacement rather than try to buy/find one.
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Asante MacCon daughterboard pinout
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I've got a spare one of these, but am looking for the main board to pair with the other!
Psst: Let me know if you want to buy or sell.
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There's a lot more black magic on the daughterboards than what would make it easy to build. But, if you have an Asante FriendlyNet AAUI, you can make it work.
Discussion:
https://68kmla.org/forums/index.php?/topic/54200-wttwtb-asante-friendlynet-daughter-card-for-iisi-se30/
Probable pinout:
https://68kmla.org/forums/index.php?/topic/54693-maccon-iisi-se30-with-friendlynet-adapter/
Discussion:
https://68kmla.org/forums/index.php?/topic/54200-wttwtb-asante-friendlynet-daughter-card-for-iisi-se30/
Probable pinout:
https://68kmla.org/forums/index.php?/topic/54693-maccon-iisi-se30-with-friendlynet-adapter/
You don't need to recreate the fancy part of the Asante Nic's daughtercard. The cable itself speaks AUI, the rest of the daughtercard(s) are Asante's 10bT a/o ThinNet transceiver magic. IIRC you can simply hook the cable up to any AUI to 10bT transceiver and you're good to go. ISTR doing exactly that to implement an as yet untested Vonets setup for my SE/30.
I'm tired, so I may amend this in the AM after the coffee kicks in. :blink:
I'm tired, so I may amend this in the AM after the coffee kicks in. :blink:
@Trash80toHP_Mini that's interesting! I was looking at the pinouts of the ethernet controller chip (DP83901), and it looked like it just outputs to AUI. Some limited testing looks like it goes DP83901 -> isolation transformer -> daughterboard header. I wonder what the AUI pinout is on the header and how one could wire up a 16-pin header -> 15-pin D-Sub converter for an AUI transceiver. Unfortunately, I don't have an AUI transceiver to test with.
@beachycove, I'll pm you about your spare daughterboard!
@beachycove, I'll pm you about your spare daughterboard!
Asante put AUI on a removable passthru board on (later versions?) of the MacCon breakout board. There are instructions in the MacCon manual for installing the DA-15 of a IIsi VidCard's breakout board in its place when installed in the MacCon's passthru.
Pinout's easy, if nobody can take a quick pic of the solder side of the AUI passthru board, I'll scan it when I get a chance. It's a translucent two sided PCB and all the AUI traces are on that side. They should take a pic of the component side for you as well. There is a capacitor and a fuse in that circuit, so you'll need to make provision for those when you do a PCB for your headers and connector.
I'm using an older version of the MacCon in my SE/30. It has AUI and ThinNet only, no 10bT. I'll post a pic of that contraption, the configuration makes sense for your application if you're going WiFi. The breakout board will be installed so the transceiver mounts inside the bucket with its Vonets board so only the WiFi antenna exits at the backplane.
Pinout's easy, if nobody can take a quick pic of the solder side of the AUI passthru board, I'll scan it when I get a chance. It's a translucent two sided PCB and all the AUI traces are on that side. They should take a pic of the component side for you as well. There is a capacitor and a fuse in that circuit, so you'll need to make provision for those when you do a PCB for your headers and connector.
I'm using an older version of the MacCon in my SE/30. It has AUI and ThinNet only, no 10bT. I'll post a pic of that contraption, the configuration makes sense for your application if you're going WiFi. The breakout board will be installed so the transceiver mounts inside the bucket with its Vonets board so only the WiFi antenna exits at the backplane.
