rambinator Posted August 17, 2005 Report Share Posted August 17, 2005 Hi there!Now as screaming_rabbit got our motorfaders and I am on vacations from university, my midibox project goes on.I have designed pcb's for the buttons with sockets for flat-cables to keep the cabling clean but then I realized, that I did a tremendous mistake when assembling the AINs and DINs, which was one of the first things I did last year. I bought them as kits from mike and they came with SIL-Headers as pin-outs and I was so dumb to use them without thinking about tomorrow. Now I see that many of you used socket-connectors for easy plugging of the cables andthe inside of the boxes still is quite chaotic. I fear now that I will be lost when connecting all of the cables (soldering them all will be horror and a primary source for errors)Did anyone of you do the same like me? Any solutions for clean cabling with the SIL-Headers?I hope that not everything is lost, I don't think it would be practical to desolder all of the Headers.greetings,rambinator Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aminoplacid Posted June 14, 2006 Report Share Posted June 14, 2006 Hi,I know it's been a while but did you find a solution? I am in a similar predicament.thx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
audiocommander Posted June 14, 2006 Report Share Posted June 14, 2006 You might solder them to one end and put a connector on the other end.There are cheap plastic connectors for flat band cables, with and without cables/pins; eg. see: Reichelt Platinensteckverbinder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rambinator Posted June 14, 2006 Author Report Share Posted June 14, 2006 actually i bought some of theese for the most complicated connections. but they are everything but not "cheap" if you count all the connections you need and buy those things it costs you quite a fortune.what i now did ist:getting some of these things http://www.conrad.de/goto.php?artikel=739510taking a flat-cable strip and seperate every single wire. then i put a piece of shrinking hose over them.solder the wires to the connecter. shrink the hose and put some isolating tape around the whole thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
audiocommander Posted June 14, 2006 Report Share Posted June 14, 2006 getting some of these things http://www.conrad.de/goto.php?artikel=739510yeah, these are nice too :)but they are everything but not "cheap" there are also just the connectors available, too (without cables and socket) ;)just haven't found the link and no time to search...regards,Michael Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twin-X Posted June 14, 2006 Report Share Posted June 14, 2006 Twist and use ty rips Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rambinator Posted June 16, 2006 Author Report Share Posted June 16, 2006 what are ty rips? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twin-X Posted June 16, 2006 Report Share Posted June 16, 2006 what are ty rips?Oops i was thinking in dutch :)http://www.cse-distributors.co.uk/cabmgmt/images/cableties.JPG usa name is tie-wraps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stryd_one Posted June 16, 2006 Report Share Posted June 16, 2006 If you're poor or budget conscious you can use garbage bag ties too :) It's ghetto, but by gosh it works! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tos Posted June 16, 2006 Report Share Posted June 16, 2006 Rip wires from old pc cases, cd-rom audio cables, PC power supply [Fdd connector] and all that have such connectors that can fit to SIL headers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rambinator Posted June 20, 2006 Author Report Share Posted June 20, 2006 most of these things have DIL headers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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