Thanks Leo, what are transit connectors?
I was thinking of soldering the ribbon cable on a diagonal. So if the
pcb is 25mm wide, and x mm long, then the diagonal is sqrt(25^2 + x^2)
mm long. Since the diagonal would have to be 1.27mm * 32 = 40.62 mm, x
solves to 32mm. Which is perfectly within reason.
I wonder how difficult it would be to do everything with a 0.64mm
pitch flat cable, probably very...
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On Sat, Feb 3, 2024 at 5:09?PM Leo Potjewijd <pe1rhx@...> wrote:
Just some thoughts:
* flexibility: more strands = more flexible, get as many strands as possible within budget.
* 'standard' ribbon cable (1.27mm pitch) will NOT fit 32 wires across 25mm, 0.64mm pitch cable will.
* soldering 32 (or more) wires at once without necessary rework is virtually impossible regardless of the method used.
* consider using 'transit' connectors: easy to solder with a pot, built-in strain releif. Adds cost, but speeds up construction considerably.
