[sdiy] Minimum spacing between 1/4" jacks on DOTCOM modules..

[Andre Majorel]

On 2013-05-16 10:05 -0400, Jean-Pierre Desrochers wrote:

> I know this could be a silly question but
> I was wondering if there was any 'standard' on
> minimum spacing to respect between 1/4" jacks on DOTCOM modules ??
> I mean center to center spacing..
> I'm building a 2U width DOTCOM audio mixer module
> that could have 2 rows of 4 or 5 jacks side by side horizontaly
> at the bottom...

Don't know about any standard but the result of my experiments
is that a 30 x 17 mm grid is comfortable. People with fat
fingers may want wider spacing.

I'll add that, while most use wide vertical spacing and narrow
horizontal spacing, the opposite is better. It allows you to
place the legends on the side. As opposed to above or below,
where they're only visible when no plugs are inserted.

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