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This may be the outside scoop, so I beg your pardon if so.
There's a newer style of crimp RJ-45 / 8P8C connector housing which is easier to use. Unlike the ones that have been around forever, you feed the wires all the way through the housing, so they stick out the front a little. Then the crimping tool cuts them off flush while crimping the contacts.
I haven't used them - I share your frustrations with making cables, particularly with stranded cable - but they are apparently much easier to get a reliable connection with.
Might be worth a try. They're commonly labelled "passthrough" connectors. I'm not recommending this particular seller or listing, it just has some good images:
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This may be the outside scoop, so I beg your pardon if so.
There's a newer style of crimp RJ-45 / 8P8C connector housing which is easier to use. Unlike the ones that have been around forever, you feed the wires all the way through the housing, so they stick out the front a little. Then the crimping tool cuts them off flush while crimping the contacts.
I haven't used them - I share your frustrations with making cables, particularly with stranded cable - but they are apparently much easier to get a reliable connection with.
Might be worth a try. They're commonly labelled "passthrough" connectors. I'm not recommending this particular seller or listing, it just has some good images:
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This may be the outside scoop, so I beg your pardon if so.
There's a newer style of crimp RJ-45 / 8P8C connector housing which is easier to use. Unlike the ones that have been around forever, you feed the wires all the way through the housing, so they stick out the front a little. Then the crimping tool cuts them off flush while crimping the contacts.
I haven't used them - I share your frustrations with making cables, particularly with stranded cable - but they are apparently much easier to get a reliable connection with.
Might be worth a try. They're commonly labelled "passthrough" connectors. I'm not recommending this particular seller or listing, it just has some good images:
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This may be the outside scoop, so I beg your pardon if so.
There's a newer style of crimp RJ-45 / 8P8C connector housing which is easier to use. Unlike the ones that have been around forever, you feed the wires all the way through the housing, so they stick out the front a little. Then the crimping tool cuts them off flush while crimping the contacts.
I haven't used them - I share your frustrations with making cables, particularly with stranded cable - but they are apparently much easier to get a reliable connection with.
Might be worth a try. They're commonly labelled "passthrough" connectors. I'm not recommending this particular seller or listing, it just has some good images:
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This may be the outside scoop, so I beg your pardon if so.
There's a newer style of crimp RJ-45 / 8P8C connector housing which is easier to use. Unlike the ones that have been around forever, you feed the wires all the way through the housing, so they stick out the front a little. Then the crimping tool cuts them off flush while crimping the contacts.
I haven't used them - I share your frustrations with making cables, particularly with stranded cable - but they are apparently much easier to get a reliable connection with.
Might be worth a try. They're commonly labelled "passthrough" connectors. I'm not recommending this particular seller or listing, it just has some good images:
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Just a brief #factoid to perhaps save other #electronics #hobbyists some time.
#BigClive frequently uses a particular type of crimp-contact-and-housing as a universal socket for LEDs and other leaded components. Not just any such connector will do; various #JST, "#Dupont", and others won't work, because they only grasp pins of one particular size and/or shape. If the lead is too big, it won't go in, and if it's too small, it won't stay in.
If you want to use these connectors - and note you can get the housings with more than 2 contacts, so you can use them for transistors or weirder things too - the magic search term is "KF2510".
The reason these work as universal sockets for leaded components is because the contact is a spring that pushes from only one side of the housing, pressing the inserted contact or lead against the far side of the housing, and therefore provides a friction fit for any size lead (within reason). Most crimp connectors instead have particular shapes for their contacts and will only "grab" something the right size and shape.
#KF2510 #CrimpConnector #crimp #socket #component #leaded #connector #solderless #universal #contact #housing
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Just a brief #factoid to perhaps save other #electronics #hobbyists some time.
#BigClive frequently uses a particular type of crimp-contact-and-housing as a universal socket for LEDs and other leaded components. Not just any such connector will do; various #JST, "#Dupont", and others won't work, because they only grasp pins of one particular size and/or shape. If the lead is too big, it won't go in, and if it's too small, it won't stay in.
If you want to use these connectors - and note you can get the housings with more than 2 contacts, so you can use them for transistors or weirder things too - the magic search term is "KF2510".
The reason these work as universal sockets for leaded components is because the contact is a spring that pushes from only one side of the housing, pressing the inserted contact or lead against the far side of the housing, and therefore provides a friction fit for any size lead (within reason). Most crimp connectors instead have particular shapes for their contacts and will only "grab" something the right size and shape.
#KF2510 #CrimpConnector #crimp #socket #component #leaded #connector #solderless #universal #contact #housing
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Hackaday Links: January 26, 2025 https://hackaday.com/2025/01/26/hackaday-links-january-26-2025/ #HackadayColumns #Hackadaylinks #hackadaylinks #bioelectric #transformer #substation #prtection #keyboard #mushroom #pipeline #PrimeAir #undersea #Bucholz #Slider #amazon #dupont #cable #crimp #drone #plant #uav #USV
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Hackaday Links: January 26, 2025 - Disappointing news this week for those longing for same-hour Amazon delivery as th... - https://hackaday.com/2025/01/26/hackaday-links-january-26-2025/ #hackadaycolumns #hackadaylinks #bioelectric #transformer #substation #prtection #keyboard #mushroom #pipeline #primeair #undersea #bucholz #slider #amazon #dupont #cable #crimp #drone #plant #uav #usv
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Hackaday Links: January 26, 2025 - Disappointing news this week for those longing for same-hour Amazon delivery as th... - https://hackaday.com/2025/01/26/hackaday-links-january-26-2025/ #hackadaycolumns #hackadaylinks #bioelectric #transformer #substation #prtection #keyboard #mushroom #pipeline #primeair #undersea #bucholz #slider #amazon #dupont #cable #crimp #drone #plant #uav #usv
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Hackaday Links: January 26, 2025 - Disappointing news this week for those longing for same-hour Amazon delivery as th... - https://hackaday.com/2025/01/26/hackaday-links-january-26-2025/ #hackadaycolumns #hackadaylinks #bioelectric #transformer #substation #prtection #keyboard #mushroom #pipeline #primeair #undersea #bucholz #slider #amazon #dupont #cable #crimp #drone #plant #uav #usv
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Hackaday Links: January 26, 2025 - Disappointing news this week for those longing for same-hour Amazon delivery as th... - https://hackaday.com/2025/01/26/hackaday-links-january-26-2025/ #hackadaycolumns #hackadaylinks #bioelectric #transformer #substation #prtection #keyboard #mushroom #pipeline #primeair #undersea #bucholz #slider #amazon #dupont #cable #crimp #drone #plant #uav #usv
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Hackaday Links: January 26, 2025 - Disappointing news this week for those longing for same-hour Amazon delivery as th... - https://hackaday.com/2025/01/26/hackaday-links-january-26-2025/ #hackadaycolumns #hackadaylinks #bioelectric #transformer #substation #prtection #keyboard #mushroom #pipeline #primeair #undersea #bucholz #slider #amazon #dupont #cable #crimp #drone #plant #uav #usv
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The good news is that I crimped the pins for my first JST-XH connector. Those pins are tiny!
The bad news is the fan didn’t work when connected. Didn’t spin, produced a fan fault. It’s a replacement for an Eaton rack UPS fan. Not a like for like replacement, but the best match I could find on DigiKey.
Not sure if my work or the fan is at fault.
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I have, literally, 7 different flavours of subminiature crimp-pin connectors in my parts collection.
And yet, somehow, whatever I'm working on has a nearly-identical-but-not-quite kind that isn't in my collection.
Murphy was an optimist.
#murphy #jst #xh #ph #xa #pa #zh #gh #sh #MurphysLaw #NotQuite #almost #electronics #hobby #crimp #pin #socket
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Hackaday Links: September 20, 2020 - The announcement of Autodesk’s changes to the Fusion 360 personal use license terms this week caus... - https://hackaday.com/2020/09/20/hackaday-links-september-20-2020/ #gnuradioconference #hackadaycolumns #hackadaylinks #fusion360 #autodesk #castle #diyhub #export #jumper #crimp #iges #step #sat #sdr #stl
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#crimp : to fold or plait in regular undulation in such a way that the material will retain the shape intended
- French: frise
- German: kräuselt
- Spanish: riza
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