Hi Matt,

I quite agree.  An if you decide to save space and use the vertical ones
the 1..6 pinout is reversed.  That caught an engineer friend of mine.  I
tried to program the units and they wouldn't.  Some troubleshooting and
we found the problem and made up a special 4" cable. Aarrrrggghh.

However,  they are nice wiping contacts,  are easy to slip in and out
and I went back to them after trying the molex keyed locking connectors.
Like I said earlier,  for some boards they are easy to use,  for others
there are other options.

For one project I'd like to fabricate a bed of nails tester/programmer
panel.  Does anyone have any experience with those spring like pins.
Where to get small qty, what size holes to install into. Etc.

Thanks.

John Dammeyer


> >My PIC16F877  CAN Activity board uses the RJ connector.
>=20
> I hate RJ type connectors. They take up a ton of PC board space
> for so few connections. Cables (good ones at least) for them are
> kind of a pain to obtain/make too, unless you want to use
> Cat3/Cat5 cable and tools.
>=20
> Just my 2=A2...
>=20
> Matt Pobursky
> Maximum Performance Systems
>=20
> --

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