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Understanding which components to use
analogix:
Are there websites, books, blogs or similar which list the various types of components and their suggested/typical use? I'm talking about practical/physical solutions like switches, cables, connectors etc.
For instance, I'm working on a project where I want to connect a cable between my DIY board and a 28-pin IC socket on another board and think this calls for a 28-pin DIP plug, a 28pin ribbon cable and an IDC plug and a matching solderable pin header. I don't know if this is the right solution, or if my explanation was even correct (the terms might be for something else), but that's basically my problem: I don't know what to look for, which pin spacing to use and when I finally do find what I look for there might actually be better solutions around which I've overlooked.
Jan Audio:
Reichelt has a thick component book, you get if for free if you order.
jackthomson41:
Share images of your DIY board and circuits. You can't get Embedded System without circuit diagram.
andy3055:
--- Quote from: analogix on October 10, 2019, 02:07:04 pm ---Are there websites, books, blogs or similar which list the various types of components and their suggested/typical use? I'm talking about practical/physical solutions like switches, cables, connectors etc.
For instance, I'm working on a project where I want to connect a cable between my DIY board and a 28-pin IC socket on another board and think this calls for a 28-pin DIP plug, a 28pin ribbon cable and an IDC plug and a matching solderable pin header. I don't know if this is the right solution, or if my explanation was even correct (the terms might be for something else), but that's basically my problem: I don't know what to look for, which pin spacing to use and when I finally do find what I look for there might actually be better solutions around which I've overlooked.
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How about this?
https://www.mouser.com/Connectors/Headers-Wire-Housings/_/N-ay0lo?P=1z0xbmhZ1yy34wz
analogix:
Thanks for the links. Those sites/catalogs are nice if you know what you're looking for, but that's my problem that I don't.
I don't have any photos of my project as JackThomson41 asked for, because I haven't had the PCB manufactured yet (I'm currently designing it in Eagle), but this is the general idea:
I want to connect a 28-pin ribbon cable between two PCBs.
One board has a standard 28-pin IC socket, so I suppose some sort of header is needed here to plug into that socket.
The other end of the cable goes into a different PCB (the one I'm building) where I'm of course free to use any connector I like, but I'm guessing a 28 pin IDC socket, which in turn plugs into a dual-row pin header on that PCB:
Does this sound right? Or is there a better solution?
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