Timeline for How to connect a flex ribbon cable to a screw terminal block?
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| Jan 19, 2021 at 21:25 | comment | added | Noah B | Also it appears my management is okay with me working on this for a bit now because due to COVID, I'm a bit less busy. My thinking is I can use this time to reduce future costs and schedule delays. | |
| Jan 19, 2021 at 21:16 | comment | added | Noah B | "Why? You're only doing the modification once, so you're probably spending more time thinking about it than will take to assemble it :)" @Kubahasn'tforgottenMonica While with every PCB I design, I use this wiring layout, there's several projects in my lab that don't. Occasionally, we need to reuse the cards for other projects, so there's some labor that ends up being repeated. I guess because my lab wants to reuse the cards instead of just purchasing more for the other purposes means I want a setup that can easily be set up and removed repeatedly reliably. | |
| Jan 17, 2021 at 19:35 | comment | added | Kuba hasn't forgotten Monica | @PeteW It may work OK, but it looks like crap, and the DB25-IDC-to-ribbon connection while not needing a PCB still needs a vise and steady hand and an eye for trouble, ideally you’d make a 3D-printed fixture for that. It just is not very convincing. Learning how the D-Sub pin crimping works will pay off many times over, since it’s basically the way D-Sub was meant to interface connectors with wires. There’s a single gas-free connection in the crimp zone, and it’s rather resilient with 22 or 20AWG wire. Half the time the wire will break away from the pin if you try to pull it out. | |
| Jan 15, 2021 at 23:57 | comment | added | Pete W | "ribbon cables have too small of a wire to reliably connect to screw terminals" -- can't one use crimped on wire ferrules for that? The wire will still be fragile, but screw connection should be ok. With some creative strain relief / a cover to protect it, it should be safe. After this no need to access the card all the time. | |
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| Jan 15, 2021 at 21:15 | history | answered | Kuba hasn't forgotten Monica | CC BY-SA 4.0 |