Well, we are making a power supply and have managed to find all the complicated ASICs, analog and digital IC's, a suitable case etc etc.
However, there is one part that has us stuck: the binding posts.
I came across some *beautiful* binding posts at the (now sadly deceased) electronics store, Supremetronic in Toronto*. The basic plastic is a light grey colour. The distinctive feature is the colour identification, which is by means of a plastic ring around the opening at the end of the post. I gather that the factory makes the basic grey unit and then presses in the ring to give it a colour.
Also nice about these units, they are 0.425" in diameter, compared to the standard binding post (from HH-Smith or equivalent) which is
0.450". We need every millimetre we can scavenge on a very crowded front panel.
Extensive scouring of the Great Collective Mind has turned up nothing. A guy who knows a guy in Hong-Kong can get them, minimum quantity 1000. We need about 300 max to start, so 1000 is a bit too rich.
Any suggestion of a supplier, or of some skinny binding posts, would be greatly appreciated.
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*Creatron is one successor to Supremetronic, but they can't obtain these parts.
Thanks a bunch, folks.
Peter