Re: gEDA-user: OT: Wire to board crimps?

[Ethan Swint <eswint.ramu@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hmm... I'd suggest placing an array plated of vias/holes just big enough 
to put a regular D-sub crimp pin through.  You can order just the pins, 
crimp to the wire, solder the pin to the board.

-Ethan

Peter Clifton wrote:
> Figured someone here would know...
>
> I'm looking for some crimp terminals which terminate the end of a wire,
> and allow it to be soldered neatly into a PCB. Kind of like the ones you
> find on the output terminals if you dismantle a PC power-supply. I'm
> looking for something to fit smaller cables.
>
> I don't know what these crimps are called, nor whether they are
> available in small sizes.
>
> Basically I just need to terminate 8x data cores to a PCB on a 0.1"
> spacing without using a mating connector. (The assembly is to be resin
> encapsulated, and I don't like the idea of having a connector in there).
>
> Until the board is potted, we need to do testing, and I don't like the
> risk that connector strands snap off and short to the board, adjacent
> wires or that the connection is weakened before we finally pot the
> assemblies.
>
> Any ideas?
>
>
>   


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