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Populating MOLEX receptacles at industrial scale
I am a manufacturing engineer charged with implementing process improvements that reduce the total time to build an article. Our volume is such that a one minute reduction in labour results in £1K-£2K ...
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Tolerance of board-to-board headers
I am designing two boards. The bottom one is the power board that contains power switches on IMS (metal-clad board), while the top board is the logic board (4-layer FR4). Board to board height is ...
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How would you connect a light dependent resistor / photoresistor/ CdS cell at a right angle to a surface mount board?
My project uses light dependent resistors (aka photoresistors or CdS cells). All the ones I can find for sale from the usual suppliers are through hole type. ie. they have two wire legs.
The PCB I'm ...
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Why are the heatproof composites used for semiconductor packages never used for coil formers, connectors and switches?
It is very hard to destroy the material normally used for "plastic" IC and transistor packages with IR or hot air soldering tools, unless you apply a measure of heat that would reliably ...
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How do you make custom THT (through-hole) connectors?
I have a project that requires a connector that is no longer manufactured which would interface with an old device. For prototyping, I have been salvaging this connector from old peripherals that used ...
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'Pick and place' feature in connectors
I am looking to source a four-pin, 1.0 mm pitch, vertical JST connector -- either BM04B-SRSS-TB(LF)(SN) or BM04B-SRSS-TBT(LF)(SN). The latter has an extra 'Pick and Place' feature in Digikey. I can'...
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Fast but affordable way to crimp dupont connectors
I'm currently doing a small production run of a board I designed. It features a few pin header type dupont connectors which are used to attach cables to the board.
Now, I can surely crimp this using ...
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Connectors in high volume manufacturing?
How are connectors such as USB handled in high volume manufacture?
Would the panelized board leave room to place these connectors or would the panel be cut apart and the connectors added later. Is ...
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Need help with a vertical mount, male A USB connector
I need to figure out a way to get a Male A USB connector to vertically attach to a PCB. Ideally, we wouldn't use a surface mount right angle connector.
Any help would be greatly appreciated! Most of ...
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