Alex,

Have you asked the LCD manufacturers?  They use them quite a lot, and mig=
ht=20
sell a small quantity to you.  I've done this in the past with other=20
(automotive) parts, and they sold me the parts even though they only used=
=20
them internally.  People are helpful when they're in the right mood :-)

Cheers,
-Neil.



On Saturday 02 August 2003 15:20, Alex Kilpatrick scribbled:
> > Hi Alex,
> >
> > Did you look at the Mill-Max headers?  Check Digi-key's
> > #ed2564.  These are readily available, fairly inexpensive per
> > point and will fit into a standard IC socket.  We use the
> > straight and right angle versions, both sockets and pins.
> > Works great.
>
> That's what I was planning to use if I couldn't get the lead frames.
>
> But those require drilling holes.  I don't have anything against that,
> and it is definitely stronger, but I like the look of the lead frames.
> All the Stamps and Stamp clones use lead frames, and it just makes for =
a
> little bit of a cleaner look, in my opinion.
>
> Alex

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