Diy Serial Cable Help? Options

[Napthali]

I'm looking to make a cable that would let my 5500 connect to a SparkFun Tri-Axis accelerometer.

Information on the accelerometer can be had here: http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/product_i...products_id=248

I know that the Zaurus doesn't provide enough power over the serial connection, but I think there are solutions to it (either running some of the serial wires to a power source or directly powering the board).

The wiki page on making your own serial cable looks a tad old, and the section on using the Zaurus as a DTE remains unverified. I'm not too experienced with crafting my own serial cables, so any advice that people have would be appreciated. I currently have in my possession:

Two (2) Zaurus PDA serial port connectors
One (1) Serial cable I am willing to tear up
A soldering iron
Time and inclination :-)

Does anybody have any advice on the best way to go about doing this? What color cables go to what pins? Forgive me if these are newbie questions.

[Ferret-Simpson]

The second pinout LOOKS correct. (Basically, a Null Modem cable has all the Transmit and Recieve pins swapped, so the Serial port on each machine trasmits to the recieve pins on the other.)

a D-Plug is just the 9 pin connector for the other end. (D, because it's D-shaped. Duh!) There are all sorts of variants, in both Male and female, including High-Density (Like a monitor cable, with three rows not two.)

www.rapidonline.co.uk is a British seller that does them, and will show you the difference between M and F so you get the right one. They're usually pin-marked so you get the right ones. ^^

Thanks for the links! XD That's exactly what I needed.