<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Brian, <div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I have spent some time on this and have not nailed it. But here are some I could recommend you look at. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">1) If you are a very good and patient solderer and want the best weatherproof connector money can buy, look at these Hirose Connectors: <a href="https://media.digikey.com/pdf/Data Sheets/Hirose PDFs/HR30.pdf" class="">https://media.digikey.com/pdf/Data%20Sheets/Hirose%20PDFs/HR30.pdf</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">2) You could also have a waterproof junction box where you make a break connections with normal connectors and use these cable glands that work well with Cat5 Cable: <a href="https://www.digikey.com/product-detail/en/bud-industries/NG-9511/377-1630-ND/439539" class="">https://www.digikey.com/product-detail/en/bud-industries/NG-9511/377-1630-ND/439539</a> or use Sugru - <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Sugru-Moldable-Glue-Classic-Multi-Color/dp/B008URBC9I/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1480455935&sr=8-1&keywords=sugru" class="">https://www.amazon.com/Sugru-Moldable-Glue-Classic-Multi-Color/dp/B008URBC9I/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1480455935&sr=8-1&keywords=sugru</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">3) You can avoid the difficult soldering by buying these pre-made connector kits: <a href="https://www.adafruit.com/products/744" class="">https://www.adafruit.com/products/744</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">4) Or you can use this to make a waterproof CAT5 connection: <a href="https://www.adafruit.com/products/827" class="">https://www.adafruit.com/products/827</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">5) If you are cheap you can use these automotive connectors (also come uncrimped): <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00VZOHVSE/ref=s9_acsd_hps_bw_c_x_4_w" class="">https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00VZOHVSE/ref=s9_acsd_hps_bw_c_x_4_w</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Where you need to solder wire joints, put some heat shrink tubing over the joint and then slather it with this: <a href="http://www.homedepot.com/p/Gardner-Bender-4-fl-oz-Liquid-Electrical-Tape-Black-LTB-400/100119178" class="">http://www.homedepot.com/p/Gardner-Bender-4-fl-oz-Liquid-Electrical-Tape-Black-LTB-400/100119178</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Hope this helps!</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Chip</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Nov 29, 2016, at 1:00 PM, <a href="mailto:triembed-request@triembed.org" class="">triembed-request@triembed.org</a> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div class="">Send TriEmbed mailing list submissions to<br class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="mailto:triembed@triembed.org" class="">triembed@triembed.org</a><br class=""><br class="">To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit<br class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>http://mail.triembed.org/mailman/listinfo/triembed_triembed.org<br class="">or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to<br class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>triembed-request@triembed.org<br class=""><br class="">You can reach the person managing the list at<br class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>triembed-owner@triembed.org<br class=""><br class="">When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific<br class="">than "Re: Contents of TriEmbed digest..."<br class=""><br class=""><br class="">Today's Topics:<br class=""><br class=""> 1. Waterproof connectors (Grawburg)<br class=""> 2. Rigol sale (Pete Soper)<br class=""> 3. Re: Waterproof connectors (Pete Soper)<br class=""> 4. Need help with Arduino / ESP8266 Project (inquiry@fortunel.com)<br class=""><br class=""><br class="">----------------------------------------------------------------------<br class=""><br class="">Message: 1<br class="">Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2016 15:30:41 -0500<br class="">From: Grawburg <grawburg@myglnc.com><br class="">To: TriEmbed <triembed@triembed.org><br class="">Subject: [TriEmbed] Waterproof connectors<br class="">Message-ID: <9aee6e4f99500bccb54e51d253481a59@myglnc.com><br class="">Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8<br class=""><br class="">Looking at Digikey, etc and there are literally zillions of connectors to choose from. So maybe you all can help narrow it down for me.<br class=""><br class="">Making some extensions that will connect to water proof Dallas one-wire temperature units from Adafruit (three wires in the cable). I will use some Cat5e or Cat6 ethernet cable that I have plenty of to connect to the Adafruit cables. So I need a male & female combo package that will be water-tight. Wire won't be submerged just in the elements.<br class=""><br class="">Thanks,<br class="">Brian Grawburg<br class=""><br class=""><br class="">-- <br class="">[This was sent from a PC running Debian 7, 64-bit Linux. No Microsoft products were used.]<br class=""><br class=""><br class=""><br class=""><br class=""><br class=""><br class=""><br class="">------------------------------<br class=""><br class="">Message: 2<br class="">Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2016 15:49:04 -0500<br class="">From: Pete Soper <pete@soper.us><br class="">To: Triangle Embedded Computing Discussion <TriEmbed@triembed.org><br class="">Subject: [TriEmbed] Rigol sale<br class="">Message-ID: <28f1faf2-1617-5d60-797c-8cc6a7d6784b@soper.us><br class="">Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed<br class=""><br class="">Tequipment is having a sale of Rigol equipment. As an example here's a <br class="">four channel analog-only version of the scope I have that is primo for a <br class="">price that's got me all misty.<br class=""><br class="">http://www.tequipment.net/RigolDS1074Z.html?gclid=CNOlgv-ozNACFdgIgQodvgcI8w<br class=""><br class="">-Pete<br class=""><br class=""><br class=""><br class=""><br class=""><br class="">------------------------------<br class=""><br class="">Message: 3<br class="">Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2016 16:13:25 -0500<br class="">From: Pete Soper <pete@soper.us><br class="">To: triembed@triembed.org<br class="">Subject: Re: [TriEmbed] Waterproof connectors<br class="">Message-ID: <75fc75a7-fedc-5275-107e-139d33f75d9d@soper.us><br class="">Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed<br class=""><br class="">This is relevant for connections that are going to stay in place for <br class="">long periods. If you're going to be disconnecting/reconnecting outdoors <br class="">"carry on".<br class=""><br class="">During my amateur radio days I had to make weather proof connections for <br class="">coax and switch control wires that needed to live high in the air or <br class="">underground where maintenance was very painful. Sealing a conventional <br class="">connector by wrapping it with silicone tape such as the stuff linked to <br class="">below, then wrapping over that with Scotch 88 electrical tape results in <br class="">internal parts that will look exactly the same five years later as they <br class="">looked before you sealed them up. Stretch the silicone tightly, <br class="">overlapping the turns, but *do NOT* stretch the 88 when applying it (the <br class="">ends will come loose over time if they've been stretched).<br class=""><br class="">http://www.usplastic.com/catalog/item.aspx?sku=39147&gclid=CK3U67arzNACFUI6gQod07sKHA<br class=""><br class="">Beware air leaks in loose cable sheaths like CAT5 or conduit. Outdoor <br class="">thermal cycling can condense water out of the air faster than it <br class="">evaporates. Always have weep holes in conduit. Put fine mesh screen over <br class="">the weep holes to keep the bugs out.<br class=""><br class="">-Pete<br class=""><br class="">On 11/28/2016 03:30 PM, Grawburg via TriEmbed wrote:<br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class="">Looking at Digikey, etc and there are literally zillions of connectors to choose from. So maybe you all can help narrow it down for me.<br class=""><br class="">Making some extensions that will connect to water proof Dallas one-wire temperature units from Adafruit (three wires in the cable). I will use some Cat5e or Cat6 ethernet cable that I have plenty of to connect to the Adafruit cables. So I need a male & female combo package that will be water-tight. Wire won't be submerged just in the elements.<br class=""><br class="">Thanks,<br class="">Brian Grawburg<br class=""><br class=""><br class=""></blockquote><br class=""><br class=""><br class=""><br class="">------------------------------<br class=""><br class="">Message: 4<br class="">Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2016 14:10:13 -0500<br class="">From: <inquiry@fortunel.com><br class="">To: <triembed@triembed.org><br class="">Cc: <inquiry@fortunel.com><br class="">Subject: [TriEmbed] Need help with Arduino / ESP8266 Project<br class="">Message-ID: <000f01d249ab$0e3d0140$2ab703c0$@fortunel.com><br class="">Content-Type: text/plain;<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>charset="us-ascii"<br class=""><br class="">Hello,<br class=""><br class="">As a full-time, working person who is travelling a fair amount, I am looking<br class="">for help to build a pass-through WiFi RS232 device using an Arduino/ESP8266<br class="">combination to read data from a scale. I will support this project with<br class="">financial help. This project would be suited for a NCSU student with the<br class="">proper skills. I hope this forum (which I have attended in the past) is<br class="">appropriate for this request.<br class=""><br class="">If successful, a variant of this project will be to expand the approach to<br class="">reading ambient temperature & voltage across a variable resistance. Feel<br class="">free to contact me directly. Thanks.<br class=""><br class="">Christian Fortunel<br class="">inquiry@fortunel.com<br class=""><br class=""><br class=""><br class=""><br class=""><br class=""><br class="">------------------------------<br class=""><br class="">Subject: Digest Footer<br class=""><br class="">_______________________________________________<br class="">TriEmbed mailing list<br class="">TriEmbed@triembed.org<br class="">http://mail.triembed.org/mailman/listinfo/triembed_triembed.org<br class=""><br class=""><br class="">------------------------------<br class=""><br class="">End of TriEmbed Digest, Vol 42, Issue 13<br class="">****************************************<br class=""></div></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div></body></html>