Week 3

My adviser, John, had purchased some automotive DT-M connectors, an aftermarket waterproof connector that would withstand the vibration and abuse an engine compartment puts on the connector. This connector would work for our use but had the drawbacks of needing to be crimped, and not having a panel mount/ bulkhead connector. This would mean that in addition to each connector being purchased we would have to have a wire gland and then the box that the interface would finally sit in would have 16 short wires with connectors dangling off. Not ideal when there are better solutions. I proposed using the M12 connector that the break beam laser and photoelectric sensors have on them.

 

Week 4

Bridging the gap between week 3 and 4 I specified some m12 male, female, and bulkhead with .5 meter pigtails. Then other classes and other work took over and waited for them to arrive

 

dt connectors

 

 

m12 connectors