----- Original Message ----- From: "James Salisbury" To: "Microcontroller discussion list - Public." Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2007 8:28 AM Subject: Re: [BUY] cable, 6inches to 1ft, female connectors for 1x7 headers > Have a look at the molex KK series, it also comes in a kind of IDC > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "James Newtons Massmind" > To: "'Microcontroller discussion list - Public.'" > Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2007 7:29 AM > Subject: [BUY] cable, 6inches to 1ft, female connectors for 1x7 headers > > >>I seem to have designed myself into a corner. I need to connect up to 4 >> daughter boards to one main board. Each daughter has a 1x7 header that >> must >> connect to a matching 1x7 header on the main board though a cable that >> can >> be from about 6" to about a foot long. (that is errr... 15 to 30cm?) via >> AWG >> 24 to 28 wire. >> >> Originally, I intended to cleverly arrange the daughter boards side by >> side >> so that a standard IDC DIL cable could be used including a key between >> each >> 2 sets of the units which would prevent getting it on the wrong way, but >> that isn't working out due to other mounting requirements which I totally >> missed. >> >> Cost and assembly time are the major issues. >> >> I could just use the IDC DIL cable (ribbon cable with the snap on dual >> row >> headers) but end users would have to get the correct side of the DIL >> connected at each end... And I don't trust them to do it. As it is, there >> is >> no way to key the thing and I fully expect people to put the cables on >> backwards which will fry the unit, so giving them another entire way to >> get >> it wrong seems really bad. >> >> So the specific questions are: >> >> 1. Does anyone know of a common application that uses a 1x7 header with >> matching cable? The theory here being that if such a cable is commonly >> used, >> the price will be low. 3.5" floppy power cables are 1x4. >> >> 2. Are there people who make custom cables like that for very (very) low >> prices in quantities of 100 or less? So far the people I've talked to >> didn't >> want to talk after they hear that quantity. >> >> 3. Is there an easy way to make such a cable? The Molex connectors I've >> seen >> take forever to crimp and solder to individual wires and then stuff in to >> the little housing. If there was a SIL IDC, I would love to see it... >> >> --- >> James Newton: PICList webmaster/Admin >> mailto:jamesnewton@piclist.com 1-619-652-0593 phone >> http://www.piclist.com/member/JMN-EFP-786 >> PIC/PICList FAQ: http://www.piclist.com >> >> >> -- >> http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive >> View/change your membership options at >> http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist >> >> > -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist