I'm looking for an 6 pin .1 standard edge connector to program for production my board without any connector. And I cannot find the number of cycle they can support.
Does anyone has used such connector for production ? In this case which one ? I only managed to find on .05 sullins connector that they support 500 min cycles
Edge connector sockets, like you might put on a motherboard, are not designed for a large number of insertions.
If you want a way to make a temporary connection to pads on a board in a production environment, build a fixture that incorporates pogo pins, which are expressly designed for this kind of application.
I once used a modified "dip clip" for a similar purpose in a low-volume production environment.
They used to use edge connectors for cartridges on toys. If the contact area is large, it seems like they can hold up OK, but I can't give you an actual cycle count. I worked on one project where an edge connector was used on a toy, but it was not customer accessible. During product development, we used it a lot, but I doubt very many units got to 500 cycles. Never had a single failure that I can remember, though.
