Stephen Wille Padnos wrote:
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.
I can't
Maybe this is a dumb point. Could you not flow solder on the contacts on
the board and let the user choose?
Kyle
Jon Elson wrote:
I can't test it on my bed-of-nails text fixture without
something soldered in those holes. Maybe I should prominently
list the screw-terminal option on my
Actually, there's a better way :) (getting rid of the solder is one of
the pains of replacing those connectors.)
There are hundreds of kinds of pins for bed-o-nails fixtures, including
ones that are meant to toich pins (cup varieties), ones that are meant
to touch bare metal areas like SMT
On Mon, 2007-10-15 at 13:18 -0400, Stephen Wille Padnos wrote:
Actually, there's a better way :) (getting rid of the solder is one of
the pains of replacing those connectors.)
There are hundreds of kinds of pins for bed-o-nails fixtures, including
... snip
went to the socketed probe pins.
Oh good - I'm glad I'm not the only one who has done that ;)
Mesa has some of their I/O boards with terminal header options - the
boards are about $20 more than their ribbon header counterparts, but the
two 24-pin terminal plugs are about $22 *each*. It's less than a
(reasonable quality)
Kyle wrote:
Maybe this is a dumb point. Could you not flow solder on the contacts on
the board and let the user choose?
Most users would not want to have to suck the solder out of 60
holes and then solder in connectors. I really don't blame them,
either! If you really want to do it this
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To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Sent: Monday, October 15, 2007 8:54 PM
Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Pluto Alternatives
Stephen Wille Padnos wrote:
Actually, there's a better way :) (getting rid of the solder is one of
the pains of replacing those connectors
Apparently, Pluto is not available anymore. Are there any alternatives?
Are there firmware files available that would allow me to make my own?
Thanks.
--
Kirk Wallace
(Hardinge HNC lathe, California, USA
http://www.wallacecompany.com/machine_shop/ )
Kirk Wallace [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Apparently, Pluto is not available anymore. Are there any alternatives?
Are there firmware files available that would allow me to make my own?
The Pluto-P will apparently be available in December:
http://www.knjn.com/ShopBoards_Parallel.html
The
On Sunday 14 October 2007, Kirk Wallace wrote:
Apparently, Pluto is not available anymore. Are there any alternatives?
Are there firmware files available that would allow me to make my own?
Thanks.
I take it you are not referring to this link:
http://www.bentoni.com/PLUTO/
Which appears to be a
On Sun, 2007-10-14 at 14:55 -0400, Stephen Wille Padnos wrote:
Hi Kirk.
Mesa Electronics should be coming out with their 7I43 soon, which will
be a reasonable alternative. It's listed as a USB-connected device, but
it will be USB and/or parallel.
... snip
Of course if you can use a PCI
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
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
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
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.
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