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Best way to put DIL pins on a small PCB to create replacement for old parts.
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JoeN:

--- Quote from: KL27x on December 25, 2016, 01:42:19 am ---Forget the per pin cost. How the heck u install them? Seems like the 12 cents per is the least of your worries, in volume. Probably why they cost so much. Average order is probably under 50 pieces.

Pin header takes up more board space, but.. they come in a strip and take a few seconds to insert.

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Seems to me you need to make .1" spaced pads on the side of your board, you cut off a strip of these for the correct number of pins, and you can see it is in a frame that spaces it all out for you correctly.  You solder it down first.  Then you trim the tops and the bottoms.  At least I think that is what is going on here.  I guess there would be trouble if your PCB was an oddball thickness.  Looks like the seller is using them with a 1.6mm thick PCB to me (see top image of thread).  Your guess is maybe better than mine.  I ordered a few to test them out.  Worst comes to worst, I am out six bucks.

bpiphany:
Here's the manufacturer's page with datasheets http://www.batten-allen.com/dil-clip-design.php

TE seem to make similar pins. They are not stocked anywhere, but if you want to buy tens of thousands of them you'd probably be set  ;)
chickenHeadKnob:
to make DIP adapter boards I have always used double-ended male machine pins like this from dip-micro:

http://www.dipmicro.com/store/HDR40X1MM

I buy them from dip-micro because Canadian-eh and I like to support local. 10 pieces of 40 pin strips costs less than $10 cdn so $0.025 per pin . In USA bucks that's nothing.
Obviously they are not exactly functional equivalent to the batten pins of the original post. They need a wider adapter board with room for plated through holes and worst of all are not fully compatible with every socket. They will at least fit in more sockets than square header pins but some contact styles will be sketchy  and be stretched. Machine pin males into machine pin sockets are however working fantastic. Since I also favour machine pin sockets for my prototypes that has never been a problem.
deanclaxton:
Im dragging up an old thread here I know, but does anyone know of any new/available products that are suitable for this purpose?

Some of the vintage IC sockets (such as RN brand) have quite narrow openings and are permanently damaged by pins around 0.6mm.

Preci-dip (https://www.precidip.com/AppHost/9696,1/Scripts/Modules/Catalog/Default.aspx?c=8)  are 0.47mm,  but expensive at around $5 for 40 pins.

Flip Pins are also a bit expensive (https://shop.evilmadscientist.com/productsmenu/854) - neat though and 0.4mm thick (which is still still twice as thick as a regular IC leg of around 0.2mm lead thickness).

I need somthing thats under $1 for a 40 pin strip ideally. I did find some parts at LCSC that quoted 0.5mm on the datasheet, but upon receiving them measured at 0.6mm. They were $0.30 for a 40 pin strip, but no good.
jbb:
Instead of round or square pins, I think you might be looking for a ‘lead frame’ pin.
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