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Clarifying the DE9 vs. DB9 Connector Naming Confusion

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10mo ago· 4 min readenNews
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Summary

The article corrects the common misconception of calling a 9-pin serial connector a DB9 when it should be referred to as a DE9. It explains the naming difference and the release of new DE9 Connector Breakouts.

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You’ve seen them everywhere, especially on older computer equipment: the classic 9-pin serial connector.
calling it a DB9 is technically wrong.
With the release of our new DE9 Connector Breakouts, we wanted to address a common misconception and explain why we named our boards as we did.
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You have been misusing the D-sub connector terminology, and we're guilty of it, too.

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