What I meant was that I should have designed the boards with two separate 32 pin connectors...
Am Samstag, 6. Januar 2018 07:38:05 UTC+1 schrieb newxito: > > Thanks for the tip, I'll try that. The official cutting tools I've found > cut only up to 56mm, but my ribbon cable is 80mm wide, so it needs 2 cuts. I > should have designed my boards with 2 x 32 connectors… > > Am Samstag, 6. Januar 2018 01:43:39 UTC+1 schrieb Terry Kennedy: >> >> On Friday, January 5, 2018 at 6:48:39 AM UTC-5, newxito wrote: >>> >>> I was asked by a friend to build a cheap nixie clock. That's the result, >>> the 48 Swiss chocolates in this box were much more expensive than the clock >>> :-) >>> >> >> Nice. BTW, a handy tip - if you don't have the official ribbon cable >> cutting tool, you can crimp the connector as shown in your picture and then >> run a NEW, SHARP razor blade / box-cutter blade along the connector body to >> slice off the ribbon cable "tail". It takes a little practice to get the >> angle right, but you end up with a much cleaner connector. If the cut >> leaves wire "whiskers", your blade is either too dull or you're cutting at >> the wrong angle. >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to neonixie-l+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send an email to neonixie-l@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/875336ee-04a9-496d-bab2-21764fe2b0c9%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
