Re: Was Chip carrier now sockets

[steve ravet <sravet@arm.com>]

Maybe someone could design a little board with rows of single header
pins at 0.4" or whatever to plug into the ECM, and .6" holes for a ZIF
or other socket.  Would be much cheaper than buying little plastic
things.

--steve

Ludis Langens wrote:
> 
> Marc Piccioni wrote:
> >
> > Instead of lining RN and their distributors pockets why not just buy a 24
> > pin (28 pin) machined contact socket and get rid of the chip carriers.
> 
> One problem, the pin spacing on the PCB is narrower than the normal 0.6"
> width.  I ran into this problem when soldering a ZIF socket onto a
> 1227748.  (This ECM uses a 28 pin RN socket.)  My solution was to use a
> wire wrap socket with bent leads as an adapter.
> 
> > A good Augat socket is ~ $10, and only takes 1/2 hour to install.
> 
> If you're willing to pay $10 for a 24 pin machine pin socket, I can
> supply you with a large number of sockets at that price.  ;-)
> 
> --
> Ludis Langens                               ludis (at) cruzers (dot) com
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Steve Ravet
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