You may want to take a look of this flexible programming cable: http://www.auelectronics.com/products/system/bb0703/cbl-rj12-program.html And this single end RJ12 cable (cat-3 wire used): http://www.auelectronics.com/products/system/bb0703/cbl-rj12-sge.html some discussion on pick the right wire for ICSP programming is available here: http://www.auelectronics.com/forum/index.php/topic,42.msg138.html#msg138 For 0.1 inch icsp pads, pogo pin cable can also be used: http://www.auelectronics.com/products/system/bb0703/cbl-rj12-pogo.html http://www.auelectronics.com/forum/index.php/topic,42.msg112.html#msg112 http://www.auelectronics.com/forum/index.php/topic,42.msg119.html#msg119 Funny N. Au Group Electronics, http://www.AuElectronics.com http://www.AuElectronics.com/products http://augroups.blogspot.com/ ________________________________ From: PicDude To: piclist@mit.edu Sent: Tuesday, September 8, 2009 7:03:19 PM Subject: [EE] RJ-11 wire/jacks/connectors? Hi all, I need to add an RJ-11 connector to an existing product (prob 100-200 units). The PCB is tightly enclosed already so I can't add an RJ-11 jack on the board. I can solder wires to the board though, and let the connector dangle outside the enclosure. This can be a plug rather than a jack, as I can supply an RJ-11 F-F adapter. As a test, I sliced a generic RJ-11 phone cord in half and soldered the wires to pads on the PCB, but the wires break very easily. Even just the movement from re-enclosing the PCB in the enclosure causes some wire breakage (right at the PCB pads). Anyone know if there are different grades of phone-cord wires, one of which may be less breakable? I'm not sure if hot-gluing the PCB right around the pads would be a reliable answer, but I will experiment with that. FWIW, stripping the wires was a pain too (cut the wires many times) so I finally just trimmed all of them, and heated the ends with a soldering iron to melt the insulation back a bit. Is there a better way to do this? Or if anyone knows of an RJ-11 connector with some type of 4-pin header-type connector on the opposite end, that may be a good answer. What about an inline jack? Anyone have links to one with solder points? I can then use regular (stronger) wires. I've seen them used in commercial products, but can't find them individually as a component anywhere. Thanks, -Neil. -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/RJ-11-wire-jacks-connectors--tp25355684p25355684.html Sent from the PIC - [EE] mailing list archive at Nabble.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