Gets the job done but one big annoyance

Posted by David L. on 25th Feb 2017

Maybe I'm going nuts, but the one thing I need to know about this jumper cable that isn't at all obvious when looking at it: what's the end-to-end pin orientation?? I don't always have a multimeter handy, so it would be really nice if the heatshrink or connector face had something to indicate pin 1 or otherwise tell me which given pin goes with which between the two ends. I realize there are any number of ways to test the pins to find out, but I really don't want to have to do that every single time, and the heatshrink doesn't show marks very well so even if I take the time to figure out the orientation, it's hard to mark the connectors. I could be completely missing something that's already there, but if there isn't something it isn't at all obvious.