[Techtoolslist] Fluke Pods to Turned Pin Sockets - Help !!

[Colin Davies]

Thanks John,  When you say solder tail sockets.... Do you mean pressed dual 
wipe type things ???

Its the tight turned pin sockets that I'm struggling to mate with.....

What I am planning to do if all else fails is.... Make up a 'stiff' assembly 
of back to back IC Sockets... Wire Wrap type Turned Pin Socket Strips with 
Long Legs, soldered to Vero Board, Both Sides of Vero Board will be 
stiffened up, by adding a layer either side (I've got some nice insulation 
resin sheet) and using some aralydyte resin to hold in place... Cut the Long 
legs down, and solder a suitable socket that will take the Pod.....   By 
stiffening it up, it will not be prone to flexing,  will last a long while , 
and be easy to remove....

I'll then use Low Cost sacrificial Pin to Pin Strips.... to plug this into 
the UUT.....  These can be replaced easily in sections....

I'll have some silly 'noob' 68000 pod questions to follow, lol.....  So far, 
I've had it testing Outrun Rams OK, but no luck whatsover with Rom 
Checksums.. (on a 100% working board to get a feel of the thing)......

Cheers, Colin


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Robertson" <jrr at flippers.com>
To: "Technical Tools Mail List" <techtoolslist at flippers.com>
Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2010 8:07 PM
Subject: Re: [Techtoolslist] Fluke Pods to Turned Pin Sockets - Help !!



> Colin Davies wrote:

>> Hi Guys,

>>

>>

>> I was playing with my 68000 pod, and wanted to plug it into an outrun 

>> board with turned pin sockets....

>>

>>

>> Obviously the Pod pins are too big to go into the turned pin sockets on 

>> the game board, so I used the RED socket supplied which worked nicely....

>>

>>

>> However, as soon as I removed the red socket, its started to loose its 

>> pins......and after trying in a couple of other boards, its pretty 

>> knackered now....and in poor shape....

>>

>>

>> Is there a fairly cheap alternative to this RED socket , before I start 

>> making a fancy adaptor up using back to back sockets and replaceable 

>> strips of  pins...

>>

>>

>> I'm thinking IC header strips or something ? - Obviously needs to mate 

>> with the Turned Pin Sockets, but accept the Fat Pod Pins....

>>

>> Any ideas appreciated please.....

>>

>>

>> Cheers, Colin

> I use 'sacrifice' IC sockets (solder tail) on the UUT end of my pods. 

> Better to break off a socket leg then break off a pin from the UUT 

> connector!

>

> John :-#)#

>

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