Anyone here know about Pocket PC cables please? I've just bought my
> first PPC. It's an iPAQ 2210/2215, but I understand it has an
> identical bottom connector to other Pocket PCs in any of the
> 38/39/54/5500 series. I want to connect my 2210 directly to my Garmin
> GPS 12 for data transfer. Commercial solutions are either bulky (with
> adapters) and/or unduly expensive, so I want to make my own, as I did
> for connecting to my desktop PC.
>
> What type of connector do I need to buy for the Pocket PC end? I've
> attempted a photo of the connector in the iPAQ cradle at
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> That connector (I've given up trying to identify 'plugs' or
> 'sockets'!), which is protruding from the base of the cradle is about
> 10 mm wide, and appears to have 22 connections.
>
> The equivalent socket slot on the 2210 is 15 mm wide.
You need the 'adapters'. The PocketPC, does not implement the voltage conversions to RS232 levels internally. Hence the little 'inline' adapter blocks have to do this. This is why the commercial solutions have these...
Best Wishes