Comments on: Upgraded http://projects.dimension-x.net/archives/85 Thoughts, ideas, projects, pictures. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 04:12:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Phil Pemberton http://projects.dimension-x.net/archives/85#comment-165 Phil Pemberton Tue, 18 Jul 2006 11:22:40 +0000 http://projects.dimension-x.net/archives/85#comment-165 Nice blog. I've been doing something similar myself, though I haven't done any electronics work for a while. The "LED matrices as sensors" articles look very interesting - I'll have to see about buying a few bags of LEDs and build a few sensors up. I've just bought one of the Paladin CrimpAll crimpers (mentioned in your MAX1668 project pages), along with the RJ11/12 and RJ45 dies - just waiting for the Molex pin die to arrive from the USA. Apparently the 2092 pin crimp die has been discontinued for a couple of years, but a couple of suppliers (Unicorn Electronics and Action Electronics spring to mind) claim to have some stock left over. To be honest, I've been using the Molex C-Grid III connectors instead of the KKs. They're cheaper, but just as good for low-voltage DC stuff. It's just a shame the crimp tools are so expensive - £150 plus VAT (17.5%, think 'sales tax') around here, and they're only rated to last 25,000 crimp cycles. Nice blog. I’ve been doing something similar myself, though I haven’t done any electronics work for a while. The “LED matrices as sensors” articles look very interesting - I’ll have to see about buying a few bags of LEDs and build a few sensors up.

I’ve just bought one of the Paladin CrimpAll crimpers (mentioned in your MAX1668 project pages), along with the RJ11/12 and RJ45 dies - just waiting for the Molex pin die to arrive from the USA. Apparently the 2092 pin crimp die has been discontinued for a couple of years, but a couple of suppliers (Unicorn Electronics and Action Electronics spring to mind) claim to have some stock left over.

To be honest, I’ve been using the Molex C-Grid III connectors instead of the KKs. They’re cheaper, but just as good for low-voltage DC stuff. It’s just a shame the crimp tools are so expensive - £150 plus VAT (17.5%, think ’sales tax’) around here, and they’re only rated to last 25,000 crimp cycles.

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