> >> OK, how about using 1/2 a 14 pin DIL IC socket ...
> >
> >Now that is a truly interesting idea... How do you keep the thing 
> >together? Solder the cable to the pins and somehow insulate?
> >I don't see how to slid any heat shrink onto the joint...
> >Perhaps cover in potting compound or silicon rubber?
> 
> Umm, I was thinking somewhat differently - use a DIL socket 
> that has two strips of plastic separated by cross ribs, cut 
> the cross ribs, and solder what is now a 7 pin SIL socket 
> strip into the PCB, and plug the cable into that.
> 
> However I am not sure that you will not need to choose the 
> type of socket carefully. I think you will need one of the 
> el-cheapo ones with the folded flat contacts to take that 
> sort of cable, rather than the more expensive turned pin type. 

Hummm... The insertion of the cable into the socket is something I'll have
to play about with. It may work, but my concern is that the "pins" which I
think are just tinned wires, will fold under or have other problems. With
the right socket, as you say, the cable should stay in there pretty well. 

Anyone else have any thoughts on this particular suggestion?


Thanks!

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James.
 

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