Has anyone created a PropClip to breadboard adaptor?
I want to buy one type of Prop programmer. I'd prefer the PropClip as that's how I plan on designing any board that uses the Prop, but there is no good way to use the clip with a breadboard. It seems like an awful waste of money to buy both the Clip and the Plug, just so I can use a breadboard.
This is what I have in mind:
![PropCliptoplug.jpg](http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b106/mspeir/PropCliptoplug.jpg)
It's VERY small and could be produced for pennies. Hundreds of them would fit on a single production PCB blank.
This is what I have in mind:
![PropCliptoplug.jpg](http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b106/mspeir/PropCliptoplug.jpg)
It's VERY small and could be produced for pennies. Hundreds of them would fit on a single production PCB blank.
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Graham
I have done many of those "support modules" for things that do not fit well on solderless breadboards - which are many
My latest contribution is a video-adapter of 12x16 mm, using angular 5 pin headers (5 cents), half of an RCA extension chord (1/2 x 60 cents), 3 SMD resistors (6 cents), hot.melt adhesive, and bespoken tiny piece from a breadboard (5 cents) = 50 cents.... If everything works fine I can do it within a quarter of an hour... I need still 8 for my next class...
Edit:
@Graham: So it's "veroboard" what I am talking of
Post Edited (deSilva) : 11/2/2007 11:39:30 PM GMT
http://forums.parallax.com/forums/default.aspx?f=25&m=161534
Yep, veroboard's the stuff. Some plain copper clad and a knife/dremel would be another option for this problem spending $20 would be a waste.
Graham
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I can fit 30 on a 4" x 3" board (maximum freeware version of Eagle board size), which works out to about $2 a piece if I use BatchPCB. If I were to use a 90° female header, it would convert the clip directly to a plug. Throw in a 90° 4-pin male header and you have breadboard access. With limited production sizes from BatchPCB, I could sell these as a kit for less that $5 each. If I had a full version of Eagle and could populate a full size production PCB blank, the price each would drop to less than $1 and the kit would cost about $3.
Maybe SparkFun might be interested in this as a new product...
Post Edited (MarkS) : 10/31/2007 12:22:58 PM GMT
For prototyping purpose i mill my boards with my LPKF machine.
Today i have milled the P8X32-40D module for my prototyping system.
The system is now called UMDL, and as soon as i have finished my homepage i will post it.
Saluti Joerg
It works well, although standard male headers have different pin lengths on each side of the plastic thingy. This poses a little problem. Easy to fix, but still a problem.