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| Subject: | Re: [geda-user] [OT] Help finding solderless contact part |
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--Apple-Mail=_DC6B1093-8ED9-46A4-ABA7-AD41AFF192B0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > On 12 Apr 2017, at 14:10, Chris Smith (space DOT dandy AT icloud DOT com) [via = geda-user AT delorie DOT com] <geda-user AT delorie DOT com> wrote: >=20 >=20 >> On 12 Apr 2017, at 13:18, Bob Paddock (graceindustries AT gmail DOT com) = [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com] <geda-user AT delorie DOT com> wrote: >>=20 >>> Thanks, I=E2=80=99ve seen the Tag Connect before and really like it. = It=E2=80=99s not really what I=E2=80=99m looking for here though. >>=20 >> Perhaps related are the contacts shown in this image: >>=20 >> http://www.somerset.net/arm/radio_pictures/radio_shack_28-115.jpg >>=20 >>=20 >> I've wanted to find those for years. No idea what they are called. >> Anyone know? >>=20 >> Searching for 'spring' on Digikey gives an overwhelming number of >> spring-pins which is not what we want. >=20 >=20 > Those were actually my first choice! I remember having an electronics = set as a kid that used them; it had a bunch of discrete components that = you connected together by trapping wires in the springs to make = different circuits. I gave up looking since I couldn=E2=80=99t find a = specific reference to them. Very similar to this, in fact: = http://www.bit-101.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/75in1.jpg = <http://www.bit-101.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/75in1.jpg> = except mine wasn=E2=80=99t quite so fancy (no wooden box and I don=E2=80=99= t recall it having a meter). Regards, Chris =E2=80=94 Chris Smith <space DOT dandy AT icloud DOT com> --Apple-Mail=_DC6B1093-8ED9-46A4-ABA7-AD41AFF192B0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 <html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html = charset=3Dutf-8"></head><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; = -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" = class=3D""><br class=3D""><div><blockquote type=3D"cite" class=3D""><div = class=3D"">On 12 Apr 2017, at 14:10, Chris Smith (<a = href=3D"mailto:space DOT dandy AT icloud DOT com" = class=3D"">space DOT dandy AT icloud DOT com</a>) [via <a = href=3D"mailto:geda-user AT delorie DOT com" = class=3D"">geda-user AT delorie DOT com</a>] <<a = href=3D"mailto:geda-user AT delorie DOT com" = class=3D"">geda-user AT delorie DOT com</a>> wrote:</div><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=3D""><div class=3D""><br = class=3D""><blockquote type=3D"cite" class=3D"">On 12 Apr 2017, at = 13:18, Bob Paddock (<a href=3D"mailto:graceindustries AT gmail DOT com" = class=3D"">graceindustries AT gmail DOT com</a>) [via <a = href=3D"mailto:geda-user AT delorie DOT com" = class=3D"">geda-user AT delorie DOT com</a>] <<a = href=3D"mailto:geda-user AT delorie DOT com" = class=3D"">geda-user AT delorie DOT com</a>> wrote:<br class=3D""><br = class=3D""><blockquote type=3D"cite" class=3D"">Thanks, I=E2=80=99ve = seen the Tag Connect before and really like it. It=E2=80=99s not = really what I=E2=80=99m looking for here though.<br = class=3D""></blockquote><br class=3D"">Perhaps related are the contacts = shown in this image:<br class=3D""><br class=3D""><a = href=3D"http://www.somerset.net/arm/radio_pictures/radio_shack_28-115.jpg"= = class=3D"">http://www.somerset.net/arm/radio_pictures/radio_shack_28-115.j= pg</a><br class=3D""><br class=3D""><br class=3D"">I've wanted to find = those for years. No idea what they are called.<br class=3D"">Anyone = know?<br class=3D""><br class=3D"">Searching for 'spring' on Digikey = gives an overwhelming number of<br class=3D"">spring-pins which is not = what we want.<br class=3D""></blockquote><br class=3D""><br = class=3D"">Those were actually my first choice! I remember having = an electronics set as a kid that used them; it had a bunch of discrete = components that you connected together by trapping wires in the springs = to make different circuits. I gave up looking since I couldn=E2=80=99= t find a specific reference to them.<br = class=3D""></div></div></blockquote></div><div class=3D""><br = class=3D""></div>Very similar to this, in fact: <a = href=3D"http://www.bit-101.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/75in1.jpg" = class=3D"">http://www.bit-101.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/75in1.jp= g</a> except mine wasn=E2=80=99t quite so fancy (no wooden box and = I don=E2=80=99t recall it having a meter).<div class=3D""><br = class=3D""></div><div class=3D"">Regards,<br class=3D""><div class=3D""> Chris<br class=3D"">=E2=80=94<br class=3D"">Chris Smith <<a = href=3D"mailto:space DOT dandy AT icloud DOT com" = class=3D"">space DOT dandy AT icloud DOT com</a>><br class=3D""><br class=3D""> </div> <br class=3D""></div></body></html>= --Apple-Mail=_DC6B1093-8ED9-46A4-ABA7-AD41AFF192B0--
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