[sdiy] backplane connector recommendation?

[Jerry Gray-Eskue]

<<Unless the plug part of the PCB is gold plated, it's unreliable.>>


Good point, but there are umpteen ways to plate copper with gold, amateur 
jewelers do it all the time. There should be a cheap high quality  way to 
DIY gold plate the copper fingers.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ingo Debus" <igg.debus at t-online.de>
To: "synth DIY" <synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>
Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2011 2:21 PM
Subject: Re: [sdiy] backplane connector recommendation?


>
> Am 10.02.2011 um 09:31 schrieb Tim Parkhurst:
>
>> I was thinking of using ISA or PCI style PC
>> motherboard connectors.
>
> I wouldn't use a connector where the PCB itself is the plug in a DIY 
> project. Unless the plug part of the PCB is gold plated, it's  unreliable.
>
> There are also smaller (and cheaper) versions of DIN 41612 connectors 
> than the standard 64 or 96 pins.
>
> Ingo
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