[sdiy] 16pin dip header -- mild warning

[greg montalbano]

The socket cover wouldn't do much for moisture; it would keep out the dust, 
crud, bird droppings, etc.

That IS a very good question about gold contacts, though;  all of the 
devices I was talking about used the old (& in some cases, hella cheap) tin 
socket pins.
I haven't had enough experience with gold to make a judgement;  it SEEMS 
like it would be more impervious to decay -- anybody have any hard facts?

~GMM
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At 09:50 AM 1/9/03 -0800, you wrote:
>Hi Gang!
>
>I'm making a few modules with 16-pin sockets in back that are designed with
>future expansion in mind.  In other words, they are empty sockets on the PC
>board that may someday see a 16-pin jumper connected off to other future
>modules in the system.
>
>Because they are basically empty, I thought to use gold contacts so as to be
>as ready as possible for a future 16-pin DIP jumper.  Can anyone recommend
>anything else that I could be doing to facilitate this?
>
>I've looked at the little box covers hat are available to cover DIP headers,
>and wonder if snapping a little DIP header Box Cover over these empty gold
>sockets would be a good thing or a bad thing (trapping moisture maybe?)
>
>any suggestions?
>
>Thanks!
>
>Cynthia