Jon Elson wrote: >Kirk Wallace wrote: > > >>On Sun, 2007-10-14 at 20:25 -0500, Jon Elson wrote: >> >> >>>Kirk Wallace wrote: >>> >>> >>>>On Sun, 2007-10-14 at 12:50 -0600, Sebastian Kuzminsky wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>>Am I the only one who wishes for a Pluto-P with screw-terminals on the >>>>>board instead of a ribbon-cable header? >>>>> >>>>> >>>>I am with you on this one. I much prefer screw terminals. >>>> >>>> >>>Just a s a data point, to convert my universal stepper >>>controller or PWM controller from the cheap IDC punch-down >>>terminals to 2-part screw terminals costs ME an additional $60 >>>in parts. Clearly, there are more components in the screw >>>terminal variety. >>> >>>Jon >>> >>> >>Now that you mentioned it. I de-soldered the terminals on my UPC and put >>on screw terminals. But it's funny that I would have a really hard time >>paying $60 more for a UPC. >> >> > >Yeah, funny how that works out! I've made a couple for my own >test stations like that, but never sold one with the screw >terminals. > It might make sense to have an option without terminals, for those of us who really can't stand the IDC ones ;) Even if I only save $10 or $20 due to parts cost, I sure save a lot of work and aggravation by not having to desolder the large connectors.
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