[HN Gopher] Digikey's Physical Connectors Tutorial
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       Digikey's Physical Connectors Tutorial
        
       Author : dragontamer
       Score  : 22 points
       Date   : 2023-07-25 04:57 UTC (18 hours ago)
        
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 (TXT) w3m dump (www.digikey.com)
        
       | dragontamer wrote:
       | Though physical connectors in electronics are a boring subject, I
       | do think its one of the "important" subjects that's commonly
       | overlooked in electronics tutorials or books.
       | 
       | The fact is that there are many companies with many combinations
       | of connectors and wires. Much as how a mechanical engineer has to
       | inevitably learn the difference from a Philips head screw vs a
       | Torx screw, electrical engineers will need to learn the
       | difference between D-Sub, 0.1" pin headers, and other such
       | connectors, as well as the pros/cons of each.
        
         | zgluck wrote:
         | Im my experience: If there's one thing that makes sense to
         | stock at your own little lab - to avoid waiting 1-3 days for
         | getting that little thing that blocks that project you want to
         | complete - it's a wide assortment of connectors. The rest can
         | often be improvised in many ways using various microcontroller
         | boards and voltage level converters etc that you'll probabably
         | already have.
        
         | quenix wrote:
         | I might be a bit weird, but I find fitting proper connectors
         | onto hardware super satisfying.
         | 
         | I suppose I see a good connector as a good polish to an
         | interface, similar to what might be found in software, for
         | example. I get the same type of satisfaction that comes from
         | polishing the interface for some API or other product I've been
         | working on for a while.
         | 
         | It just makes it feel more like a finished product. The final
         | touch. The step moving away from jerryrig wires and
         | oscilloscope probes to rugged connectors.
        
       | foobarbecue wrote:
       | Why are crimping tools always so dang expensive?
        
         | flaviut wrote:
         | Low volume, and everyone who isn't a big company just buys
         | clones.
         | 
         | If you are a company or care about reliability, you have to get
         | the OEM version but hopeful you amortize it over thousands of
         | crimps.
        
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