[sdiy] Covers / shroud for unused header pins?

[James Coplin]

The unpopulated doesn't have enough grab. I suppose I could put a couple terminals in there.

James

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On Sep 5, 2024, 12:19 PM, at 12:19 PM, Jason Tribbeck <jason at tribbeck.com> wrote:
>I'd use an unpopulated IDC header...
>
>On Thu, 5 Sept 2024, 17:55 James Coplin, <james at ticalun.net> wrote:
>
>> I was wondering if anyone can point at some product or tell me how
>you
>> would handle the problem of exposed unused pins on headers?
>>
>> Yesterday, I burned out a board when an exposed piece of connector
>> happened to touch some exposed pins while opening and closing the
>case.
>> I've looked around for some sort of a cap or cover so the pins are
>exposed
>> to shorting and I'm surprised I'm not finding anything? Maybe I just
>don't
>> know what they are called.
>>
>> Does anyone have a solution to these exposed pins? I might just 3d
>print
>> something but that seems excessive from a fiddly time perspective.
>>
>> James R Coplin
>>
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