Subject: Re: Vector wire pencils (and wire-wrap, and ScotchFlex)
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Date: Wed, 6 Jan 93 08:42:13 GMT
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Paul Rubin (phr@telebit.com) wrote:
: In article <1993Jan5.035617.1065@cmkrnl.com> jeh@cmkrnl.com writes:
:
: I think ScotchFlex is *great* for prototyping and debug. It is FAR
: more convenient than WW for debug -- because it's a lot easier to
: change. Of course I'd never ship a product, not even a
: one-of-a-kind, that used it -- but that's not what it's for.
:
: Yes, the cost is relatively high on a per-DIP-socket basis, but
: everything except the wire is easily re-usable. ie you can pull
: the wires off the back of a ScotchFlex board MUCH more easily than
: you could pull wire-wrapped wires off of wrap posts.
:
: Ok, N different people have told us that stuff is great but expensive.
: Now just how expensive is this stuff and where can I get some?
Robinson-Nugent makes an excellent system that is available through Viking
Distributors in Minnesota. I think the price was @$150 for a roll of 1000
pins; the Teflon coated wire was expensive but I don't remember the price.
And as for not shipping a product that used it, a few years ago I made a piece
of test equipment that used the R-N system that was taken on-site to a shock
test facility to test a piece of equipment that we had buit for the US Navy.
From the feedback that I had gotten from the engineers that had used my tester,although it wasn't the item being shock tested, it did get bounced around some,no wires came off and it performed beautifully. I thought that was a pretty
good testiment for something that was handmade.
Jerry
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