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Minipac/Keywiz/GP-Wiz "breakout" terminal strip board.... interest?

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cholin:
Okay so those terminals seem to be alright.  Once I sell off the first 15 boards Ill buy them.

Boards and components got shipped Friday, should be at my house Monday actually, but they just got caught for duties and taxes  :'(  :'(

That means:   YAY theyre gonna cost me more!  Same price to you guys though unless they charge me like 50%  :o

cholin:
Customs was 13.27 CAD, no problem!

Now the problem:  The holes for the terminal strips are bigger than documented :|  It says they're the same as a pin header.... theyre not.  Theyre like twice the size!  So I grab an empty board, go to put in the header... YES.  Now I grab the terminal strips, go to slide em in... NOOOO

Looks like colin's got some drilling to do :(  This is gonna be mighty funny!

whammoed:
So the pins are too big for the holes?  Man, thats a lot of drilling by hand.   :-\  I feel for you.  I etched a pcb over the weekend and was tired of it after 10 holes.  (broke the bit on the first hole  :D  good thing those small bits still drill fine even after they break in two)

cholin:
Yeah, but thats almost different.  These have *really* small square pads that youre supposed to solder onto.  I have to drill UP TO those pads, but can't break them!!!

Then I have to put the pins through and make sure the pad is still connected :|

Oh well :)  Im still on the first board, gonig REALLY slow....

Bought some etchant recently so I *can* make new boards myself if I f*ck these up...

whammoed:
Oh, I'm quite sure your task is more difficult.  When I do a test board I make the pads nice and chunky so I can screw up and sill have something to solder to.  You should track down whoever drew up the schematic for the terminal blocks and kick em in the nuts.

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