[sdiy] alligator patchbay ideas?

[Harry Bissell Jr]

How about .025 Sq post header pins... with patchcords
made from 22ga wirw and the female box header from the
Molex SL series (tin/lead plated are $.05/1K)

You strip, crimp and add a bit of heatshrink.

I'm using these for prototype connections - they would
actually last quite a while if you don't abuse them

Or how about PCB mount QCM connectors fro Keystone
(keyelco.com) ... the smaller sizes (.110") don't have
too high an insertion force

H^) harry



--- Paul Perry <pfperry at melbpc.org.au> wrote:

> 
> I should have said, cheap AND 'easy',
> in the sense of not beign too labor intensive
> (otherwise, I'd use U-shaped bits of wire
> & solder them to the PCB). I'm wondering
> whether I could use self-tapping screws
> & just screw the suckers into the PCB thru
> the metal. Maybe brass screws & solder
> the joints later.
> 
> keep the ideas coming!
> 
> paul perry Melbourne Ausralia
> 
>