[Lab] using headers as connectors

[Darcy Whyte]

Ah, those. Actually, come think of it I already have a bunch of connectors
and a crimper for that.

But I need the female connectors. That's a great idea, I think I will look
at those for some of the requirements that come up!


On Wed, Feb 15, 2012 at 9:17 AM, Andrew Plumb <andrew at plumb.org> wrote:

> Cat-5 cables are "ethernet cables".  Very to source just about anywhere.
>
> Andrew.
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> On 2012-02-15, at 9:13 AM, Darcy Whyte wrote:
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> Here's what I have so far:
> http://mambohead.com/2012/02/connectors-for-wire/
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> cat-5? I just searched polulu for that and a lot of stuff came forward. I
> didn't see any connectors but I didn't go through all 84 pages of stuff...
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> On Wed, Feb 15, 2012 at 9:02 AM, Matthew Bells <matt at mbells.ca> wrote:
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>> There are really 3 factors you need to consider: the number of
>> conductors, the current, and the amount of mechanical stress.****
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>> I’m a big fan of cat-5 (or the smaller 4 conductor) connectors. These
>> snap in the connection, are cheap, the crimpers are cheap, and the wire is
>> available in both solid and stranded. Though these are only good for low
>> current / low voltage applications.****
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>> *From:* lab-bounces at artengine.ca [mailto:lab-bounces at artengine.ca] *On
>> Behalf Of *Darcy Whyte
>> *Sent:* 2012.February.15 07:34
>> *To:* bentfork at gmail.com
>> *Cc:* lab at artengine.ca
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>> *Subject:* Re: [Lab] using headers as connectors****
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>> If it's possible to use connectors without a tool then that would be a
>> great way of trying  few different kinds. ****
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>> I'm still poking around to find exactly what to buy.****
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>> On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 11:25 PM, <bentfork at gmail.com> wrote:****
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>> This is true, crimpers especially good ones are prohibitively expensive.
>> Some of the ones with interchangeable dies cost over 1k each.
>>
>> I've found needle nose pliers and solder makes for great connections.  As
>> long as you're not doing too many of them at once this technique works well.
>> ****
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>> On 14 February 2012 20:22, Micro <micro222 at yahoo.com> wrote:****
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>> They do have a specific length. I solder them to other wires when needed.
>> I find crimping pins to be too much of a hassle.
>>
>> Decent crimpers are very expensive, very particular about the type and
>> manufacturer of the pins, and are often awkward to use. If the crimper
>> doesn't do a perfect job, your machine could miss steps intermittently and
>> ruin the parts you're trying to make, It could take you ages to trace the
>> problem to a poor pin connection. If you do decide to get a crimper, I'd
>> suggest you get one that holds on to the pin while you're trying to crimp
>> it.
>>
>> Guy
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>> --- On *Tue, 2/14/12, Darcy Whyte <darcy at siteware.com>* wrote:****
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>> From: Darcy Whyte <darcy at siteware.com>
>> Subject: Re: [Lab] using headers as connectors
>> To: "Micro" <micro222 at yahoo.com>
>> Cc: lab at artengine.ca
>> Received: Tuesday, February 14, 2012, 6:46 PM****
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>> But they have specific length right? ****
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>> The last connectors I made were for a 25' four conductor wire. I think I
>> need a way of using any length of wire... ****
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>> I think I need get some sort of crimper thing and some connectors from
>> 2-8 conductor and give it a try.
>>
>> ****
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>> On Sun, Feb 12, 2012 at 12:12 PM, Micro <micro222 at yahoo.com<http://mc/compose?to=micro222@yahoo.com>>
>> wrote:****
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>> I use pre-crimped wires from pololu.com****
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>> You could take wire #1850(black m-f), cut it in half, and insert the pins
>> into housing #1902. They have a full assortment of colors. I keep a full
>> set of them so I can make cables as I need them.
>>
>> Guy****
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>> --- On Sat, 2/11/12, Darcy Whyte <darcy at siteware.com<http://mc/compose?to=darcy@siteware.com>>
>> wrote:
>>
>> They work great but sometimes the clips pull out of the back of the
>> female side. Any ideas?
>>
>> http://mambohead.com/2012/02/thought-about-wire-connectors/
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