[sdiy] Covers / shroud for unused header pins?

[David Huss]

Can't point you to a specific product, but I have seen a rubber (?) Cover on smaller pitch JTAG headers e.g. on the Daisy Seed.

What about a neatly cut piece of insulating tape?



On September 5, 2024 4:55:46 PM UTC, 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?
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>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.
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>Does anyone have a solution to these exposed pins? I might just 3d print something but that seems excessive from a fiddly time perspective.
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>James R Coplin
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