[sdiy] Banana vs. 1/4" question

[Tim Ressel]

Grant,

Don Lancaster made this little gizmo called a CMOS
Microlab many moons ago. He used little Molex pins
soldered to the board, and Molex connectors soldered
to wires and covered with heat shrink. Se the CMOS
Cookbook for a pic.

Molex part numbers:
Pins:          R93-12
Connectors:    02-09-1118
               02-08-1101

I got samples from Molex. They are cheap!!

--Tim

--- Grant Richter <grichter at asapnet.net> wrote:
> Not dissing bananas, but they do cost at least a
> quarter apiece.
> 
> Has anybody got an idea for a really cheap
> connector?
> 
> Like for a circuit where 5 banana connectors cost
> more than the circuit
> underneath?
> 
> I don't think the springs like they use on the Radio
> Shack experimenters
> kits would work.
> 
> I sort of have an idea, but only if I can figure out
> a really inexpensive
> connector. Like maybe a PC mount socket lined with
> wire brush that you could
> just shove one or more solid wires into for patch
> cords?
> 
> The circuit is absurdly simple, but produces
> mathematically complex results.
> Possible useful as an electronic music module, but
> it couldn't be
> manufactured unless the connector price was like a
> nickel each or less.
> 
> Any brainstorms appreciated!
> 


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