Re: 34 pin Card Edge “Male to Male” Connector

2018-11-29 Thread Eric Smith via cctalk
On Thu, Nov 29, 2018 at 11:52 AM Eric Smith wrote: > Sure, but that's just 0.05 to 0.125 microns of ENIG (electroless nickel > immersion gold). That's not intended for mating surfaces, and will wear > away after only a small number of connector cycles. > > For reliable edge fingers you need

Re: Re: 34 pin Card Edge “Male to Male” Connector

2018-11-29 Thread Eric Smith via cctalk
On Wed, Nov 28, 2018 at 6:01 PM William Sudbrink via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > 1) how do you specify the slightly beveled edge required for easy > insertion? > 2) is there some way to specify "hardened" or whatever plating for the > connector traces? > Those have to be specified

Re: 34 pin Card Edge “Male to Male” Connector

2018-11-29 Thread Eric Smith via cctalk
On Wed, Nov 28, 2018 at 7:05 PM Chuck Guzis via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > 2) is there some way to specify "hardened" or whatever plating for the > connector traces? > My last order from OSHPark came with all traces gold-plated. > Apparently, it's getting to be standard practice.

Re: 34 pin Card Edge “Male to Male” Connector

2018-11-29 Thread Paul Koning via cctalk
> On Nov 28, 2018, at 9:05 PM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk > wrote: > > On 11/28/18 5:13 PM, Paul Koning via cctalk wrote: >> >> >>> On Nov 28, 2018, at 8:01 PM, William Sudbrink via cctalk >>> wrote: >>> >>> I'm not sure you're quite getting it... they say a picture is worth a >>> thousand

Re: 34 pin Card Edge “Male to Male” Connector

2018-11-29 Thread Todd Goodman via cctalk
On 11/28/2018 8:01 PM, William Sudbrink via cctalk wrote: I'm not sure you're quite getting it... they say a picture is worth a thousand words: http://wsudbrink.dyndns.org:8080/images/20181128_194316.jpg Assuming I make up some gerbers myself, two questions: 1) how do you specify the

Re: 34 pin Card Edge “Male to Male” Connector

2018-11-28 Thread Chuck Guzis via cctalk
On 11/28/18 5:13 PM, Paul Koning via cctalk wrote: > > >> On Nov 28, 2018, at 8:01 PM, William Sudbrink via cctalk >> wrote: >> >> I'm not sure you're quite getting it... they say a picture is worth a >> thousand words: >> >> http://wsudbrink.dyndns.org:8080/images/20181128_194316.jpg >> >>

Re: 34 pin Card Edge “Male to Male” Connector

2018-11-28 Thread Paul Koning via cctalk
> On Nov 28, 2018, at 8:01 PM, William Sudbrink via cctalk > wrote: > > I'm not sure you're quite getting it... they say a picture is worth a > thousand words: > > http://wsudbrink.dyndns.org:8080/images/20181128_194316.jpg > > Assuming I make up some gerbers myself, two questions: > >

RE: Re: 34 pin Card Edge “Male to Male” Connector

2018-11-28 Thread William Sudbrink via cctalk
I'm not sure you're quite getting it... they say a picture is worth a thousand words: http://wsudbrink.dyndns.org:8080/images/20181128_194316.jpg Assuming I make up some gerbers myself, two questions: 1) how do you specify the slightly beveled edge required for easy insertion? 2) is there some

Re: Re: 34 pin Card Edge “Male to Male” Connector

2018-11-28 Thread Eric Smith via cctalk
On Wed, Nov 28, 2018 at 1:55 PM Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote: > In the late 1970's in the TRS80 world, there were MALE 34 pin card edge > ribbon cable connectors! with gold plated fingers! (used on a short > extension for drives in enclosures, and to convert expansion interface > connections to

Re: Re: 34 pin Card Edge “Male to Male” Connector

2018-11-28 Thread Fred Cisin via cctalk
Are the adapters from dual row header to card edge wtill available? (They were used to connect a 3.5" drive to a 5.25" drive cable) Could you put two of those back to back connected by a header? In the late 1970's in the TRS80 world, there were MALE 34 pin card edge ribbon cable connectors!

Re: 34 pin Card Edge “Male to Male” Connector

2018-11-28 Thread Gregory Beat via cctalk
Card Edge Connectors are PC Board to Wire Connectors. The 34-pin version was popular for control board on 5-1/4” floppy drives in 1980s. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edge_connector I have not seen commercial PC board widgets used as an interconnect. gb == Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2018 14:56:18