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MOBI
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Posted: 09:49pm 31 Dec 2014

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A couple of projects I have been working on needed a ZIF socket on a breadboard on one and a micromite with screw terminals on the other. They don't come "standard" or quickly.

So out with a couple of bits of PCB scrap and the junk box.

The trouble with ZIF on breadboard is the shortness of the pins on the ZIF and only one row of pins down one side and two on the other - not enough. This version gives three rows each side plus a bus line down each side for power.

Not pretty, but it works.

David M.

viscomjim
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Posted: 12:11pm 01 Jan 2015

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very cool Mobi!!! Making life easier!

palcal

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Posted: 12:56pm 01 Jan 2015

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Handy.... I would prefer the screw terminals to be replaced with the spring type.
I think they are a bit bigger but much easier.
Paul.

"It is better to be ignorant and ask a stupid question than to be plain Stupid and not ask at all"

MOBI
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Posted: 04:28pm 01 Jan 2015

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@ Paul

The idea was to make the board a permanent item to plug peripherals into.

Besides, the connectors were the only permanent sort I have in the goodies box.

The Zif board has already proved its fiddly construction's worth.

David M.

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Posted: 04:37pm 01 Jan 2015

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Nice to see you around the forums again, MOBI. Where have you been hiding?

Smoke makes things work. When the smoke gets out, it stops!

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