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molex-ont: remove dead EasyEDA link and add prebuilt (no-soldering) option
The "Example of the final board" EasyEDA/OSHWLab link is offline, so remove it. Add a short "Prebuilt board (no soldering)" note for readers who would rather not solder an SMD Molex connector, with a hot-linked photo (no binary added). Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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In some sticks, such as those based on Lantiq chipsets, the serial interface is exposed in the upper pins of the ONT, in order to read them there are two possibilities:
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- the use of an SFP molex ([farnell](https://it.farnell.com/en-IT/molex/74441-0001/connector-sfp-rcpt-20pos-smt/dp/2112385)) to which four wires are to be soldered and the other pins removed. This makes the adapter compatible with a single serial combination.
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- the use of a board to which the SFP molex is soldered, exposing the main SFP pins.
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- a ready-made breakout board that already exposes all 20 SFP pins on 2.54 mm headers, if you'd rather not solder an SMD Molex connector yourself (see below).
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{% include image.html file="ma5671a-root-1.jpg" alt="Example of how the SFP-TTL adapter is to be connected" caption="Example of how the SFP-TTL adapter is to be connected" %}
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- 1x MOLEX SFP (like Molex-744410001 [lcsc](https://www.lcsc.com/product-detail/Card-Edge-Connectors_MOLEX-744410001_C277615.html), [farnell](https://it.farnell.com/en-IT/molex/74441-0001/connector-sfp-rcpt-20pos-smt/dp/2112385))
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- 2x pinout 2x10 (like [MINTRON MTP125-1210S1](https://www.lcsc.com/product-detail/Pin-Header-Female-Header_MINTRON-MTP125-1210S1_C358699.html))
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[Example of the final board](https://oshwlab.com/user4091049/sfp-to-ttl-v1) with these components on the EasyEDA platform.
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## Prebuilt board (no soldering)
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If you'd rather not solder an SMD Molex connector, a prebuilt and tested board is also available. It exposes all 20 SFP pins on 2.54 mm headers with RX/TX silkscreen, so you slot the module in and connect your USB-TTL adapter — no soldering required.
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![Prebuilt SFP-to-TTL adapter (v1.2), all 20 pins broken out to 2.54 mm headers](https://tvi.al/content/images/size/w960/2025/12/sfp-to-ttl-v1.2.png)
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[SFP-to-TTL Adapter](https://tvi.al/sfp-to-ttl-adapter/) — ships worldwide.

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