Grounding of the RJ45 Shielding Connectors to Reduce EMI

In addition to dlang’s comment

It has also been suggested that the stiffness of the cables that come in the kit, coupled with the connectors not being as snug as they could be in the sockets, is causing the connectors to lose contact inside the socket in response to vibration. This could, depending on the level of vibration, be happening near-constantly.

Someone swapped their cables to ones that had more flex (were also incidentally a bit longer and more snug in the socket) and stopped having issues right away, for instance.

There were a few suggestions for securing the connectors to the sockets that came from that:

  1. hot glue
  2. velcro
  3. 3D printed, snap-fit, collar

I lean towards the latter 2 because they don’t require a consumable+tool+time to reassemble, though the hot glue would, if applied correctly, be the strongest of the 3.

(edit) Found the post: 15mm error while running code - #166 by willemx

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