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  • Most common variety of tiny connector used on wifi modules - IPEX?

    From Jon Nicoll@21:1/5 to All on Sun Aug 11 17:36:31 2024
    Hi there
    I have an old-ish fanless "PC" which is essentially an Intel
    Motherboard with large passive heatsink, in a small custom case.
    There is one PCI slot but insufficient height to use it, and no
    backplane bracket etc. There are one (possibly two) mini-PCIe slots.

    For various reasons I am thinking of adding Wifi to this unit.
    So I am thinking of a mini-PCI card and running cable to a couple of
    reverse SMA connectors that I can mount on the rear bulkhead.

    You can get RP-SMA wifi cables via eBay but I am unsure about the usual
    (tiny) connector use on wifi cards. Back in the day I remember buying
    short pigtail cables and knew the types, bit it seems hard to find out
    these days. I have seen "IPEX" mentioned but I don't know
    is this is ubiquitous or not.

    Would I have to first get my module and work out what the connector is,
    or is IPEX likely to be the correct one for most, please?

    Thanks, J^n

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  • From Andy Burns@21:1/5 to Jon Nicoll on Sun Aug 11 17:44:17 2024
    Jon Nicoll wrote:

    You can get RP-SMA wifi cables via eBay but I am unsure about the usual (tiny) connector use on wifi cards. Back in the day I remember buying
    short pigtail cables and knew the types, bit it seems hard to find out
    these days. I have seen "IPEX" mentioned but I don't know
    is this is ubiquitous or not.
    I think that's the correct name.

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  • From Jon Nicoll@21:1/5 to Andy Burns on Sun Aug 11 18:35:23 2024
    On 11/08/2024 17:44, Andy Burns wrote:
    Jon Nicoll wrote:

    You can get RP-SMA wifi cables via eBay but I am unsure about the usual
    (tiny) connector use on wifi cards. Back in the day I remember buying
    short pigtail cables and knew the types, bit it seems hard to find out
    these days. I have seen "IPEX" mentioned but I don't know
    is this is ubiquitous or not.
    I think that's the correct name.


    Hi Andy
    It was more the compatibility that I was wondering about ... but
    after a bit more digging, it seems like there are two or three
    connectors (U.FL and AMC, for instance), but that IPEX are compatible
    with each.

    https://www.everythingrf.com/community/what-are-i-pex-mhf-connectors

    Thanks, J^n

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