[sdiy] IDC, Pin Headers, Ribbon Wire: Where to start?

[AlanP]

On 22/08/2017 4:28 p.m., Youssef Menebhi wrote:
> I prototype circuits on standard blank PCB - but have never learned very
> much about organized fabrication. I would like to come up with a simple
> solution to use 10-pin ribbon wire to connect boards together. I am very
> uncertain about the standard sizes, terminology, and best practices,
> though. Would people here be willing to share some of their methods?

I use the pinhead.lbr library in Eagle for that, the 2x5 part. Then I 
can just use a spare Eurorack power cable.

If you do this, you need a giant size warning on the back telling people 
NOT to plug power into that header, though, so it really isn't best 
practice.

> Sincerely,
> Youssef

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