On Friday 17 October 2014 07:07:43 Erik Christiansen did opine And Gene did reply: > On 16.10.14 10:41, John Kasunich wrote: > > Andy has a CNC mill, so if he has a piece of suitable plastic and a > > drill bit he can make whatever pattern he needs. > > The problem with test pins, as Gene has already pointed out, is that > they are not designed as mating connectors for forming a permanent > connection. > > In Kirk's shoes, where connectors to match the existing PCB hole > spacing are not available in time, and a new PCB is also too slow, I'd > pull the pins out of 0.1" pitch stackable headers, solder them into > the existing holes, while holding them in alignment with a grooved bit > of plastic, milled at the required pitch. Rather than mill a whole > bunch of new pin holders, I'd use a non-enclosing guide during > soldering, and later run a couple of beads of hot-melt glue, to mould > a connector body in situ. Spreading a little bit on the board improves > support. At least then we have mating connectors. > > For me it was quicker to remove the PCB tracks, drill holes to fit > connectors which were in hand, and run a few wires. The electrons can't > tell the difference.
:) at least not at the speeds we are using. ;-) > Erik Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> US V Castleman, SCOTUS, Mar 2014 is grounds for Impeaching SCOTUS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Comprehensive Server Monitoring with Site24x7. Monitor 10 servers for $9/Month. Get alerted through email, SMS, voice calls or mobile push notifications. Take corrective actions from your mobile device. http://p.sf.net/sfu/Zoho _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
