[sdiy] pin headers on the wrong side of a PCB

[Quincas Moreira]

I just fold out the legs and surface mount them, like this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wulg6GZj6oE&t=1s

On Fri, Sep 8, 2017 at 1:24 PM, Dave Magnuson <abide at dmdrafting.com> wrote:

> It doesn't bother me as long as it's keyed or otherwise arranged so you
> can't put it in backwards
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Synth-diy [mailto:synth-diy-bounces at synth-diy.org] On Behalf Of
> David
> G Dixon
> Sent: Friday, September 8, 2017 1:44 PM
> To: 'Michael E Caloroso'; 'Matthias Herrmann'
> Cc: synth-diy at synth-diy.org
> Subject: Re: [sdiy] pin headers on the wrong side of a PCB
>
> So, how do we feel about having PCB-to-panel connections that are
> MTA-female
> header to bare straight pins with no locking clip (which is what one would
> have if one followed Michael's recommendation)?
>
>
> > Buy an MTA-100 header with extra long pins, insert the long pins
> > through the component side, solder the pins in place at the solder
> > side.  Yes the plastic housing will be on the other side, but it is
> > moot at this point.
> >
> > MC
> >
> > On 9/8/17, Matthias Herrmann <matthias.herrmann at fonik.de> wrote:
> > > is the idea of SMT MTA headers from the table?
> > >
> > http://www.mouser.de/Connectors/Headers-Wire-Housings/_/N-ay0lo?P=1z0s
> > > pqhZ1z0z5t
> > > a&Keyword=mta-100&FS=True
> > >
> > >
> > >> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> > >> Von: Synth-diy [mailto:synth-diy-bounces at synth-diy.org] Im Auftrag
> > >> von David G Dixon
> > >> Gesendet: Freitag, 8. September 2017 08:53
> > >> An: synth-diy at synth-diy.org
> > >> Betreff: Re: [sdiy] pin headers on the wrong side of a PCB
> > >>
> > >> Laurie, Tom and Pete,
> > >>
> > >> Thanks for your responses.  Pete, I also had the idea of
> > pulling the
> > >> pins out of MTA connectors and sliding the plastic part
> > over longer
> > >> pins, but it seems like an awful lot of labour, and I'd
> > prefer not to
> > >> "misuse" parts in that way if I can avoid it.
> > >>
> > >> Laurie and Tom, I agree that right-angle connectors would be very
> > >> convenient.  However, I'm a little worried that the
> > connectors could
> > >> be forcibly ripped off of the PCB (traces and all) if soldering on
> > >> the same side -- it would be nice to be able to also
> > secure them on
> > >> the other side somehow -- that's the nice thing about those long
> > >> Arduino pins.  In that sense, Pete's idea seems safer.
> > >>
> > >> I see that there are MTA pin headers that have no locking clip --
> > >> they are just straight pins.  What do we think about making
> > >> connections that don't lock?  Of course, most ribbon
> > connectors don't
> > >> lock, but they are typically two rows and quite tight.
> > Perhaps that
> > >> would be good enough.  Would you think that such a thing
> > would ever
> > >> actually come disconnected in a 5U modular case?
> > >>
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Quincas Moreira
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