Mechanical part providing electrical contacts for a cable or electronic circuit board.
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Embedded system with SMA connectors
I am developing an embedded system that performs GPS and Wifi operation with separate modules for each and two SMA connectors to connect the respective antennas. Once it is being installed, is there a ...
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Color code for DB-9 Connecter
I have an old DB-9 connector (Male-to-Female). I cut it in half, to find 6 wires inside. 5 Had colored insulators and one was a strand of naked wires.
First question: isn't it supposed to have 9 ...
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Install DC power cable connector on vacuum feedthrough rod
I would like to know how to install an electrical plug or connector on an electrical vacuum feedthrough. An image of the feedthrough can be seen here: ...
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Why does an XLR connector use 3 pins instead of two
Why does XLR connectors use 3 pins instead of just 2. The wiring is
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Connectors for horizontal and vertical mount
Alright, I will try to formulate this as a non-shopping question... let's hope I can make it so.
I do have a board (which I can still change) which basically has 1 hole in each corner. This board, ...
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Attaching circuit boards to form 3D Shape
I'm at the early design stages of a project and I'm trying to determine the feasibility of constructing a dodecahedron using PCBs for the 12 faces, similar to this, however, with an easier method of ...
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How to find socket for keyboard connector?
I am looking for a socket which is able to receive the connector of the ThinkPad X41's keyboard. How do I identify the socket so that I can find it on the (German) market?
Background: I want to build ...
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What does “no fit” mean in electronics?
I have found at some places, especially:
Raspberry Pi Forums
eLinux RPi Hardware page
the following wording:
S2: DSI interface. 15-pin surface mounted flat flex connector
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Help identifying 1.27mm spring-loaded connector
I'm planning building a small board that will interface with a connector pad that has pins with 1.27mm spacing between them. It has 26 pins in total but only about 5 are actually required.
I'm ...
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Connector name for angel eyes CCFL inverter
I have a CCFL inverter for my car's headlight angel eyes. It seems they all respect some standard connector, but apparently the manufacturer of my headlights didn't get the memo :P, so until now I've ...
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Is there any standard which defines that a particular connector or header on PCB has to be male or female?
Is there any standard which defines that connector (DB9, DB25, USB or header) type has to be MALE or FEMALE while choosing one to use on circuit board?
I am designing a microcontroller circuit board ...
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What impedances do graphics cards expect on H-Sync and V-Sync for VGA monitors?
I have a graphics card for a laptop whose driver kills itself if it runs for longer than two minutes with no external monitor attached. To solve that, I decided to make a sort of dummy plug that would ...
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DRO scales 4-pin connector identification
I've purchased some scales for use with a mini milling machine and the open source DRO-550 digital readout platform. They are essentially equivalent to permamenet mount digital vernier calipers so ...
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Connector for a certain type of lead-acid battery
I need to connect some lead-acid batteries together, to form a bank. A fair amount of current will be drawn from them.
However, I haven't seen the terminals used in those batteries before. What ...
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Which tool do I have to use for wire connector?
I want to make the wire connector as the screen below. What tool do I need to use and how can I make it?
