As im having trounle getting hold of a decent crimper, and i dont really want to buy one just for a dozen crimps...
is it possible to buy a connector with the tails all crimped in??
cheers
Pre assembled Molex connector...
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Hello,
A interesting technique is to find an old computer power supply (like an ATX unit), modify the 20 pin connector down to 16 pins, making sure you match up the keyed pins to the MJLJ connector.
However, it's a little time consuming and not ideal, but if you're careful you can manually crimp the connectors with needle nose pliers, and flow a little bit of solder over the wire and connector for extra strength.
For a basic MJLJ setup you only need 4 wires; Power, ground, PIP and SAW, so this shouldn't be too hard to do.
Hope this helps,
A interesting technique is to find an old computer power supply (like an ATX unit), modify the 20 pin connector down to 16 pins, making sure you match up the keyed pins to the MJLJ connector.
However, it's a little time consuming and not ideal, but if you're careful you can manually crimp the connectors with needle nose pliers, and flow a little bit of solder over the wire and connector for extra strength.
For a basic MJLJ setup you only need 4 wires; Power, ground, PIP and SAW, so this shouldn't be too hard to do.
Hope this helps,
Hello,
The assembled units we offer come with the same pin and molex configuration as the kits do. Some of our distributors offer pre-wired connectors as an extra, I think this might be what you're referring to.
In any case, I wouldn't be too concerned about manual crimping, as long as you were careful. As before, you can start with just the minimal 4 connections and then wire in additional circuits (like user outputs, etc) as needed; this makes for a tidy and clean installation.
Hope this helps!
The assembled units we offer come with the same pin and molex configuration as the kits do. Some of our distributors offer pre-wired connectors as an extra, I think this might be what you're referring to.
In any case, I wouldn't be too concerned about manual crimping, as long as you were careful. As before, you can start with just the minimal 4 connections and then wire in additional circuits (like user outputs, etc) as needed; this makes for a tidy and clean installation.
Hope this helps!
Excellent then! try Trigger Wheels at http://www.trigger-wheels.com - they may be able to help you out.
While the molex is nice yet inexpensive connector, we've recognized over time that they can be tedious to assemble. For this reason our future offerings will use pluggable terminal blocks (as we are using on RaceCapture) which will be much more friendly to the end user.
Keep us posted on your progress!
While the molex is nice yet inexpensive connector, we've recognized over time that they can be tedious to assemble. For this reason our future offerings will use pluggable terminal blocks (as we are using on RaceCapture) which will be much more friendly to the end user.
Keep us posted on your progress!
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