| 摘要 |
A connection system includes a flippable cable connector 7 for connecting wires in a cable 5 to a complementary host connector located at a host device 4. The cable connector has 180° rotational symmetry, with two sets of cable terminals. A particular cable terminal 9 is connected to a particular wire 11 in the cable but the corresponding particular duplicate cable terminal 12 is not connected to this wire. The cable connector can be connected to the host connector either way up and the system includes means 18 for determining an orientation of the cable connector relative to the host connector, a first switch 22 for switching a first signal to the particular cable terminal 9 based on the determined orientation, whereby the first signal is coupled to the particular wire 11 in the cable, and a second switch 23 for switching a second signal to the particular duplicate cable terminal 12 based on the determined orientation, whereby, the second signal is not coupled to the particular wire 11 in the cable. The sensing means may detect a signal on a particular wire or it may detect a physical aspect of the connector. |
