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[[Image:Main-DB9-PCB-1.jpg||69px|DB9 Connector]]
 
[[Image:Main-DB9-PCB-1.jpg||69px|DB9 Connector]]
 
[[DB9 Serial Connector]]
 
[[DB9 Serial Connector]]
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[[Image:Main-Barrel-Connector.jpg|69px|Barrel Jack]]
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[[Barrel Power Jack]]
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[[Image:Mini-USB.jpg|69px|Mini-USB]]
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[[Mini-USB SMD connector]]
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[[Image:sf-microsd.jpg|69px|Mini-USB]]
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[[MicroSD/Transflash Socket]]
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UEXT: universal expansion connector. The standard UEXT connector consists of ten pins (two rows of five, with 0.1" spacing) and supports I2C, SPI, and RS-232 serial communication, as well as carrying +3.3V power and common ground. -- [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UEXT Wikipedia: UEXT]
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[[JTAG]] connectors?
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[[ideas#better data cable ideas]]
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Some connector companies in no particular order:
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[[Samtec]], [[Molex]],
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Rather than wiring a connector up directly to a CPU, one typically has some [[input protection]] between them.
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The [[SFE Footprint Library]] includes a few connectors.
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Mark Whitis has a list of "common pitfalls of Micro Development Boards".
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He describes how the 26 pin connectors on his
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[https://web.archive.org/web/20110929182706/http://www.freelabs.com/~whitis/electronics/9S12DP256/micro_board/ Mark Whitis Microcontroller Development Board]
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avoid those pitfalls and
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have many non-obvious features that make them superior to many other connectors.
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[http://techref.massmind.org/techref/pcbixmax.htm Massmind: "Maximum interconnect options from minimum board space"]
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discusses a board pattern that gives you the option of plugging in any one of a variety of different connectors.
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Connectors and data cable ideas are further discussed at [[Ideas#better_data_cable_ideas]].
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[[Category:Connectors]][[Category:Components]]

Revision as of 20:07, 28 October 2015

GM862 SMD Connector GM862 SMD Connector

DB9 Connector DB9 Serial Connector

Barrel Jack Barrel Power Jack

Mini-USB Mini-USB SMD connector

Mini-USB MicroSD/Transflash Socket

UEXT: universal expansion connector. The standard UEXT connector consists of ten pins (two rows of five, with 0.1" spacing) and supports I2C, SPI, and RS-232 serial communication, as well as carrying +3.3V power and common ground. -- Wikipedia: UEXT

JTAG connectors?

ideas#better data cable ideas

Some connector companies in no particular order: Samtec, Molex,

Rather than wiring a connector up directly to a CPU, one typically has some input protection between them.

The SFE Footprint Library includes a few connectors.

Mark Whitis has a list of "common pitfalls of Micro Development Boards". He describes how the 26 pin connectors on his Mark Whitis Microcontroller Development Board avoid those pitfalls and have many non-obvious features that make them superior to many other connectors.

Massmind: "Maximum interconnect options from minimum board space" discusses a board pattern that gives you the option of plugging in any one of a variety of different connectors.

Connectors and data cable ideas are further discussed at Ideas#better_data_cable_ideas.