> From:         Mike[SMTP:mike.ford@EARTHLINK.NET]
> Sent:         Friday, November 28, 2003 5:31 PM
> To:   PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
> Subject:      Re: [PIC]: Does anyone know of a supplier of 2x6 IDE type plugs and sockets ?

> On 28 Nov 2003 at 16:06, John N. Power wrote:

>> There are two choices available to you. The first is to buy (from Digi-Key) a
>> strip that is 36x2 and cut it apart into 6 pieces 6x2.

> And be sure to tell us where you got a blade thin enough to get 6 pieces out of a
> 36x2 connector. Wuz we talkin' 'bout female connectors? Seems to me the thread
> was regarding an IDE-like IDC connector for ribbon cable which implies female.

        From the original post:

> I've got an application that requires a 2x6 way connector similar to what is
> normally found on a hard drive connector. I've trawled the web, Molex and
> AMP but the closest I've got is for a 2X6 way connector that takes crimped
> pins.

> Everyone seems to do 10 way (2x5 way) and 14 way (2x7 way) but I cant find
> anyone who does the 2x6 way IDC sockets and plugs.

            This mentions the plugs (pins).

> I can
> see the pin headers being doable this way, but not the females. Haven't seen a
> snappable female connector yet, either, just the headers. I've used the 1 row
> snappables, but thanks for the heads up on the 2 row "snap and trash" ones.

            The female socket connectors are not snappable. I was referring to the
      male strips.

>> The Sullins strips on
>> page 91 of catalog T033 are designed to be "snappable", which means that
>> there are notches in the plastic base between each pin pair. In my experience,
>> actually snapping the strip or trying to cut it with a pair of diagonal cutters
>> only works on the single strips. The double strips break if you try that. You
>> need to cut the strips with a saw (I use a hand tool called a "coping saw".)

> The saw's kerf (width of cut - amount of material turned to dust) doesn't trash the
> adjacent receptacles?

        Cutting receptacles with a saw would destroy the adjacent connector
      positions. There is a company called Berg which makes cable receptacles that
      use crimped pins on the individual wires which are then inserted into a
      plastic block. The empty block could be sawed before inserting the pins; this
      would reduce the damage. Sawing an Ansley or 3M connector doesn't work
      because this would remove the latches that hold the connector together. The
      Berg connectors are not mass termination and the connector block does not
      separate, so the ends of the block are not as important.
             Also, a pair of 1x6 Molex blocks could be glued together back to back
      to get a 2x6.

      John Power

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