Thanks for the tip, I'll try that. The official cutting tools I've found cut only up to 56mm, but my ribbon cable is 80mm wide, so it needs 2 cuts. I should have designed my boards with 2 x 32 connectors…
Am Samstag, 6. Januar 2018 01:43:39 UTC+1 schrieb Terry Kennedy: > > On Friday, January 5, 2018 at 6:48:39 AM UTC-5, newxito wrote: >> >> I was asked by a friend to build a cheap nixie clock. That's the result, >> the 48 Swiss chocolates in this box were much more expensive than the clock >> :-) >> > > Nice. BTW, a handy tip - if you don't have the official ribbon cable > cutting tool, you can crimp the connector as shown in your picture and then > run a NEW, SHARP razor blade / box-cutter blade along the connector body to > slice off the ribbon cable "tail". It takes a little practice to get the > angle right, but you end up with a much cleaner connector. If the cut > leaves wire "whiskers", your blade is either too dull or you're cutting at > the wrong angle. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/4317b9f4-66e6-4274-bc5f-915371874895%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
