Re: [Emc-users] OT: Pogo Pins

2014-10-17 Thread Erik Christiansen
On 16.10.14 10:41, John Kasunich wrote: Andy has a CNC mill, so if he has a piece of suitable plastic and a drill bit he can make whatever pattern he needs. The problem with test pins, as Gene has already pointed out, is that they are not designed as mating connectors for forming a permanent

Re: [Emc-users] OT: Pogo Pins

2014-10-17 Thread John Kasunich
On Fri, Oct 17, 2014, at 07:07 AM, Erik Christiansen wrote: The problem with test pins, as Gene has already pointed out, is that they are not designed as mating connectors for forming a permanent connection. Did Kirk every say anything about a permanent connection? I'm assuming that he is

Re: [Emc-users] OT: Pogo Pins

2014-10-17 Thread Bari
Pogo pins have been used for years in industrial thermal inkjet printers to temporarily electrically connect the cartridge to the carrier. With proper plating the connections can last for several years.

Re: [Emc-users] OT: Pogo Pins

2014-10-17 Thread andy pugh
On 17 October 2014 14:03, Bari bari00...@gmail.com wrote: Pogo pins have been used for years in industrial thermal inkjet printers The interface betwween my GPS and the vehicle mount appears to be very similar. http://www.tramsoft.ch/gps/garmin_option-zumo660_autohalter_big.jpg -- atp If you

Re: [Emc-users] OT: Pogo Pins

2014-10-17 Thread Erik Christiansen
On 17.10.14 08:53, John Kasunich wrote: Did Kirk every say anything about a permanent connection? From Kirk's OP: I recall some connectors used to connect board to board, where header pins from the bottom board pass through the bottom of the top board and into a connector on top. Does

Re: [Emc-users] OT: Pogo Pins

2014-10-17 Thread Kirk Wallace
I'm sorry to have caused a fuss. They way I see it now, my mistake early on was to not realize that pogo pins are meant to be used with pogo sockets. The pins are smooth so to counter the spring pressure, they need to be supported at the bottom end. My plan was to have a plate with holes

Re: [Emc-users] OT: Pogo Pins

2014-10-17 Thread Gene Heskett
On Friday 17 October 2014 07:07:43 Erik Christiansen did opine And Gene did reply: On 16.10.14 10:41, John Kasunich wrote: Andy has a CNC mill, so if he has a piece of suitable plastic and a drill bit he can make whatever pattern he needs. The problem with test pins, as Gene has already

Re: [Emc-users] OT: Pogo Pins

2014-10-16 Thread Gene Heskett
On Wednesday 15 October 2014 17:06:57 John Kasunich did opine And Gene did reply: I just remembered that I had a detailed drawing of what I did. A picture is worth a thousand words. See attached. This was a test fixture for a small PC board. The main part of the fixture was a board on the

Re: [Emc-users] OT: Pogo Pins

2014-10-16 Thread Frank Tkalcevic
(EMC) Subject: [Emc-users] OT: Pogo Pins I'm planning on using these pins: http://www.ebay.com/itm/141233257616 which are .053 in dia. with 5mm and .150 pitch. I would like to connect to the pogos with a connector rather than soldering a wire. I would like the connector to be between two

Re: [Emc-users] OT: Pogo Pins

2014-10-16 Thread Erik Christiansen
OT == Other Technology ? ;-) On 15.10.14 12:50, Kirk Wallace wrote: I recall some connectors used to connect board to board, where header pins from the bottom board pass through the bottom of the top board and into a connector on top. Does anyone have a link to such connectors? Hi Kirk,

Re: [Emc-users] OT: Pogo Pins

2014-10-16 Thread John Kasunich
On Thu, Oct 16, 2014, at 02:23 AM, Gene Heskett wrote: John, the connector on the DUT board, in red in that .pdf, a molex part I have to assume although there are probably other makers, is, if used for board interconnect in the real world, is a time bomb with about a 1 year length fuse.

Re: [Emc-users] OT: Pogo Pins

2014-10-16 Thread Erik Christiansen
On 15.10.14 16:45, Kirk Wallace wrote: The example pin beds I have found on the Net have used vero(?) boards which have .1 spacing, but the spacing I need is 5mm and .15 and I don't have time to make up a custom PC board. Ah, that's a lot harder, but you'd have 5.08mm pitch when using every

Re: [Emc-users] OT: Pogo Pins

2014-10-16 Thread John Kasunich
The probe sockets are designed to be press-fit into a CNC drilled plastic or bakelite plate. The drawing even tells you what size holes to use for a couple different plate materials. The plate determines the mechanical location of the pins, then depending on which socket you use you can wire

Re: [Emc-users] OT: Pogo Pins

2014-10-16 Thread Gene Heskett
On Thursday 16 October 2014 09:23:00 John Kasunich did opine And Gene did reply: On Thu, Oct 16, 2014, at 02:23 AM, Gene Heskett wrote: John, the connector on the DUT board, in red in that .pdf, a molex part I have to assume although there are probably other makers, is, if used for board

[Emc-users] OT: Pogo Pins

2014-10-15 Thread Kirk Wallace
I'm planning on using these pins: http://www.ebay.com/itm/141233257616 which are .053 in dia. with 5mm and .150 pitch. I would like to connect to the pogos with a connector rather than soldering a wire. I would like the connector to be between two boards:

Re: [Emc-users] OT: Pogo Pins

2014-10-15 Thread Stephen Dubovsky
Could you use a tag cable? (there are other sources of the same thing.) We use them for programming. http://www.tag-connect.com/ Samtec makes header sockets that can come up through the bottom of the board. We use those too. SMD On Wed, Oct 15, 2014 at 3:50 PM, Kirk Wallace

Re: [Emc-users] OT: Pogo Pins

2014-10-15 Thread John Kasunich
I'm not sure exactly what you are aiming for, but I did something a little while ago that I think is very similar. I got the sockets that the pins fit into. They have a step in the outside diameter. I laid out the upper board with holes that the entire socket fits thru, and the lower board with

Re: [Emc-users] OT: Pogo Pins

2014-10-15 Thread John Kasunich
I just remembered that I had a detailed drawing of what I did. A picture is worth a thousand words. See attached. This was a test fixture for a small PC board. The main part of the fixture was a board on the bottom, with short pins that contacted the back of the board under test. The pogo

Re: [Emc-users] OT: Pogo Pins

2014-10-15 Thread Kirk Wallace
On 10/15/2014 02:06 PM, John Kasunich wrote: I just remembered that I had a detailed drawing of what I did. A picture is worth a thousand words. See attached. ... snip Thank you Dennis and John. I didn't realize the pins are meant to be used with sockets. The sockets offer some flexibility.

Re: [Emc-users] OT: Pogo Pins

2014-10-15 Thread Jon Elson
On 10/15/2014 02:50 PM, Kirk Wallace wrote: I'm planning on using these pins: http://www.ebay.com/itm/141233257616 which are .053 in dia. with 5mm and .150 pitch. I would like to connect to the pogos with a connector rather than soldering a wire. I would like the connector to be between two