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An appeal to Andy at Ultimarc
Paul Olson:
Sorry for the bad viewing angle; I didn't have a Tripod with me. Hopefully this will help someone trying to crimp these little pins with the cheap D-Sub crimpers.
AndyWarne:
It was never intended originally that we would support the 5-pin connector until we have the complete retail guns, and the first batch of modules did not have the connector fitted at all. We fitted the big 0.1 in connector for the trigger and one other control to make this easy for users to wire up. What I overlooked is that if the connector or solder pads are there some people will want to use them and I could not really state "no we dont support their use". The retail guns will only have this one connector and not the other 0.1 in connector. But these are assembled in a factory of course with the proper crimp tool. For end-users this tiny connector is not ideal I admit.
I will see what can be done, we should be able to get some assembled harnesses from the people assembling the complete guns.
MPH:
Just a quick comment about crimping pins, etc. I ran into similar frustrations with crimping leads for the Pac-Led 64.
I had bare-wire devices from another vendor and nothing Andy has would have helped me with that, so ordering pre-crimped connectors was not really an option. I went through several trial-and-error failures of 0.1" crimps from electronics shops in my area before ordering a matched set of IDE style headers and crimps from JameCo (based in California). Later, I ordered a proper crimp tool.
So, overall it was a big P.I.T.A. to make those connectors, but it was infinitely easier once I had the properly matched parts and a good crimp tool. The moral of my story is that building these machines is not easy on a good day, nor quick by any means. There are various alternatives to putting together some parts versus others. Sometimes doing some homework ahead of time will pay off when you start doing the actual work. I personally had to learn this lesson the hard way!
All that aside, I hope that at some point Andy will develop a version of the Pac-Led 64 with screw terminals. :)
Donkbaca:
Alternatively, Andy, maybe you could just sell the board the way it used to be, without the harness connector, that way people can solder straight to the board, I think that would be easier than the pins.
In reality though, there really isn't much of a need for anything other than reload and trigger, so its not a huge deal
Bender:
Paul, thanks for the video! :cheers:
I can afford a pair of those but the other ones, for like $300, forget about it!
I just redid my wiring and wanted to do my own harnesses for a U-HID and PACLED so I did like 100 of those little f#$%ers by hand with needlenose pliers, wish I this thread had been up a little sooner :banghead: