You can go to electronics_101 buit IMO it is not too far off here.
Connectors...
1.5A as you require is already a lot, i'd suggest rethinking where
you need that much. For 1.5A screw terminals seem better than
the 0.64mm square pins, they are not designed for current.
There are scew terminals which come with a pin strip for the board, on
which
they plug onto. (so you needn't undo the screws).
If you can get them "floppy" type connectors (the small 3.5" floppy type)
are also good. they carry 2.5A and have bigger pins than 0.64mm headers.
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http://www.elcomp.at/Sit-Grup/Gr10/10-05-04C-Floppy-LeiterplAnschl-PSL.htm>
see he also has cables (i assume no use to you as he is in Austria).
If you want to use the 0.64mm headers you can get either ribbon-cable
connectors or, especially for low pin numbers, there are plug housings
where separate crimp connectors fit in (you know them from the PC, like
the speaker, reset etc...). I have a hard time to find a source for these
connectors.
ST
On Sun, 01 Aug 2004 07:01:49 -0000, <tomg@...> wrote:
> If this is too far off-topic, let me know (and, if possible, point me
> to a more-appropriate group).
>
> I am re-designing some pcbs, to make the equipment they're in easier
> to manufacture, and service or upgrade.
>
> The pcbs currently have quite a few wires that are soldered directly
> to them, that go to front-panel controls (and to other pcbs).
>
> The wires to all of the front-panel controls are also soldered
> directly to the solder lugs of the controls (switches, pots, etc).
>
> To make manufacturing and service/maintenance/upgrading faster and
> easier, I think that ALL of the wire connections to the pcbs should
> use removable connectors, such as pin headers on the boards and crimp
> sockets on the wires. Also, where desirable and logical, I think
> that sets of multiple individual wires should be replaced with ribbon
> cables, with appropriate headers and sockets.
>
> To make this possible, I think that I will have to re-design the
> front panel controls, to use a pcb behind the front panel, changing
> all of the controls from solder-lug types to pcb-mount types. That
> way, I can use headers, sockets, ribbon cables, etc, to connect the
> existing pcbs to the front panel controls (via headers on the new
> front-panel-interface pcb).
>
> Here's where I would like some help:
>
> I am not very familiar with the vast majority of the myriad different
> types of wire-to-board (and board-to-board) connector systems that
> are available. There seem to be ∗zillions∗ of different ones. And the
> catalogs, and even the manufacturers' websites, seem to assume that I
> already know how they're assembled and installed, etc. But THAT'S
> what I'm trying to find out, so I can decide which ones would be
> convenient and cost-effective to put into the design.
>
> So: Does anybody have any "favorite" makes and models of wire-to-
> board (or board-to-board) connectors? (They need to be able to handle
> at least 1.5 Amps and up to at least 15 V DC. And they need to be
> easy and cheap to assemble.) Or any least favorites?
>
> What I was also HOPING to find was someplace that sells ready-made
> ribbon-cable types of assemblies, in short lengths (4 to 6 inches),
> with versions having 2, 4, and 6 conductors, with connectors already
> installed on both ends. I have looked long and hard and can only find
> standard computer-type cables that are ready-made (i.e. either way
> too many conductors, or way too long).
>
> Anybody?
>
> Regards,
>
> Tom Gootee
>
> http://www.fullnet.com/u/tomg
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