Source for 1.5mm Sockets for Rabbitcore 3000/4000 series ?

Apr 26, 2007 2 Replies

OK, this is ridiculous. The bunny wants $15 per socket strip and Digikey wants even more. That's a substantial fraction of the cost of the Rabbitcore modules. The 2mm sockets were findable, and BARELY workable with a regular iron, but these 1.5 jobbies don't google at all unless you buy the expensive "Mill-Max" brand.



SOMEBODY has to make dual-row 1.5mm SIP sockets with a surface-mount base for cheap. Somebody ?



What's the point in the modules if you can't find anything to plug 'em into ??? Yea, I suppose mass-producers can just wave- solder them into whatever, but ...



Have you checked Samtec?

Robert

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They've got 1.27mm and 2.0mm ... but no 1.5mm

I've already complained to Rabbit. There's no reason to use such an obscure connector, except to rip-off customers for their $15/each items (probably the "mill-max" brand). Anything below 2mm is almost too small to hand-solder as well. If nothing else they ought to arrange the pins in a square to fit a standard PLCC style socket.

Oh well, I've given up. I've got some RC2000s in stock and I'll just add a PIC to the board to do the A/D I need with a serial link back to the bunny.

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