pddjsteve
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I have been thinking about making some too, thanks to my recent run of horrible luck etching my own (the first were perfect, but accidentally mirrored; the second were on the right side but came out crappy). The latest version of the adapter is about 16mm x 12mm, so with their prices even making just 3 could end up being about $17 plus shipping. I was looking at Olimex and their single side prototype is $26 + $9 shipping for a 160mm x 100mm panel. So theoretically, I could get a whole bunch of them made for $35.
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I think the easiest and cheapest thing is to remove the pins from a dip8 socket. It isn't too hard - I put the socket upside down on a peice of cardboard, grabbed the pin with a pair of needle nose pliers right where it widens, and pushed down.
I sized the holes on the adapter for the pins in the mill-max low profile socket that was on one of Tangent's parts reccomendation pages. I also have a 64-pin breakaway sip strip made by mill-max, it is the same pins. Mouser part number for the sip strip is 575-113164.
Also, here is an SMD version. I could even make it 2 sided and make it a 2 intersil to 1 buf634 adapter:
Schematic and board files for both the dip and soic versions are here.
Originally Posted by luvdunhill pddjsteve: I just checked out BatchPCB's website, and one you're done with the Eagle files, I'd probably take the lead and try to order a couple from BatchPCB if you could post the Eagle files... seems the design is pretty much worked out to me at least. -Marc |
I have been thinking about making some too, thanks to my recent run of horrible luck etching my own (the first were perfect, but accidentally mirrored; the second were on the right side but came out crappy). The latest version of the adapter is about 16mm x 12mm, so with their prices even making just 3 could end up being about $17 plus shipping. I was looking at Olimex and their single side prototype is $26 + $9 shipping for a 160mm x 100mm panel. So theoretically, I could get a whole bunch of them made for $35.
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Originally Posted by Pars I'd check Digikey under the MillMax pin receptacles and P.C. pins section. I've used some of the right angle ones for some Schottky bridge PCBs I did (pn. ED5058-ND) before and they worked great. You might be able to pull pins from a machined-pin DIP socket and use those also. |
I think the easiest and cheapest thing is to remove the pins from a dip8 socket. It isn't too hard - I put the socket upside down on a peice of cardboard, grabbed the pin with a pair of needle nose pliers right where it widens, and pushed down.
I sized the holes on the adapter for the pins in the mill-max low profile socket that was on one of Tangent's parts reccomendation pages. I also have a 64-pin breakaway sip strip made by mill-max, it is the same pins. Mouser part number for the sip strip is 575-113164.
Also, here is an SMD version. I could even make it 2 sided and make it a 2 intersil to 1 buf634 adapter:
Schematic and board files for both the dip and soic versions are here.