On 02/12/2011 03:57 PM, John Luciani wrote:
The vertical tabs are too tall. Not sure about machine placeable R/A SMD tabs.
You know what a "low profile" spade connector would look like? It would be a flat bar of copper, plated with tin, and with a dogleg bend in it -- very machine placeable...at just the right spot near the edge of a board. You could also make a milled notch at the board edge where it goes to make it even more "finger assembly friendly". If it doesn't exist as a standard product and you like the idea, I know where to ask to get it prototyped in days and samples in a week. <wink> It would be pure "finger assembly"! John PS the Zierick IDC connectors are all copper, and reflowable, so they can do 150 deg C forever. Copper doesn't have any annealing properties that change any lower than 400 deg F I am sure. Tin is also good at 400 deg F. That's 204 deg C... _______________________________________________ geda-user mailing list [email protected] http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user
