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[feature] Option to change connector terminology "pin", to "way" or customise #331
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Here is an example where the term 'pin' is not relevant to the connector. Plug Type 671 Also known as 'NATO' plugs and sockets, used for many British and French aircraft communication headsets. (for reference, the spigot is 7.5 mm in diameter, x 22 mm in length) Note the ways are not numbered or lettered, instead are identified by colours relating to the DEF-STAN multicore cable color code, red, blue, green, yellow being the first 4, used in 4 core cables. See related feature: #337 (comment) |
Hi Scott, There are 4 usage areas of pin as far as I can see:
Are there maybe other alternatives than pin or way we should consider, or should the user be able to specify it literally - maybe enabling output in other languages, but then text like connector, wire, cable, etc. also need alternative output? Have I forgotten or misunderstood some parts of this issue? |
Thanks for considering this request, brilliant! From my users point of view, even just an option to define "way" or another custom term (as other people may have other ideas too) in the yaml configuration, and have that presented in the diagram would do... but for conciseness and consistency, I suppose exchanging all user-facing terms used by the yaml (xcount, xlabels, xcolors, show_xcount, hide_disconnected_x) as you suggest, may be a good move, if everyone is happy with using "way" as the most agnostic (least specific) term. if the back-end code still uses "pin" this won't harm the user experience, and would save a lot of re-work. Many thanks, Scott |
Another terminology sometimes used is "pole" for "way", so allowing a custom value may be good. Cheers, Scott |
Hi, the word "pin" implies a male contact connector.
"Pin" is used commonly for through-hole PCB parts, as these will always be male gender, but is less relevant to connectors for wiring harnesses which can be either gender, I shall elaborate:
In this example, the connectors all state "4-pin", but the two connectors on the right are female, and actually don't have round pin-shaped contacts, but sliding contacts similar to a 3.5mm headphone jack: https://scottbouch.com/tmp/UHF2.html
A de-gendered approach is to use the word "way" to describe the number of electrical paths through the connector, and then specify contact gender separately, ie;
6 way male contact, fixed connector = 6 way plug, panel mounted
6 way female contact, free connector = 6 way socket, cable mounted
In these two examples above, the terms "plug" and "socket" define the gender of the contacts within the connector, and the terms "fixed" and "free" define the mounting of the connector bodies.
Some people will be happy to stay with the term "Pin" as it is used a lot in language, I also see that the term pin is used a lot in the WireViz scrips, but it would be a real improvement to add an option to change the output displayed term to "Way" or a custom defined term perhaps.
Many thanks, Scott.
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