Does anyone know where the screw terminals on the ATX breakout board are sourced from? And if they accommodate Banana plugs? I'm pondering using something like them for V2 of Re:load.
I got some from ebay --- I don't know if you are looking for a more reliable supplier:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/100PC-Binding-P ... 4aa6fcf043 (http://www.ebay.com/itm/100PC-Binding-Post-for-Speaker-Cable-Banana-plug-Tester-/320629174339?pt=US_Audio_Cables_Adapters&hash=item4aa6fcf043)
[quote author="nickjohnson"]Does anyone know where the screw terminals on the ATX breakout board are sourced from? And if they accommodate Banana plugs? I'm pondering using something like them for V2 of Re:load.[/quote]
they do accommodate bannana plugs, Seeed sources them for us..
I didn't realize they were just speaker binding posts! :)
Here's a smaller quantity version of that link in case you don't need 100pcs of it :)
http://www.ebay.com/itm/10PCS-5-colors- ... 4ab188632b (http://www.ebay.com/itm/10PCS-5-colors-Binding-Post-for-4MM-Banana-plug-Speaker-Cables-Power-Test-Probes-/320806085419?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4ab188632b)
Search for "banana speaker binding posts" to find more...there's a more expensive one that looks cool, but only if you're designing a fancy speaker...
yes, searching for binding post will turn up quite a few. I pick a 100 quantity because @mickjohnson seems to be selling his Re:loads so I thought he might want larger quantities. From digikey they are something like $3 a piece with no quantity discount. When I built my free pcb ATX breakout I went for ebay, I wasn't going to pay $3 a piece. I actually bought some more for another project and didn't want to wait for ebay so I went to radio shack. There I think they were $4 a pair if memory serves.
Ah, awesome! Does anyone have any feedback on the robustness of the posts when screwed straight into a PCB?
I think it's a bit late to change V1 of the Re:load, since people have already ordered based on info I provided. But for Version 2...
[quote author="nickjohnson"]Ah, awesome! Does anyone have any feedback on the robustness of the posts when screwed straight into a PCB?
I think it's a bit late to change V1 of the Re:load, since people have already ordered based on info I provided. But for Version 2...[/quote]
ours are screwed straight into the PCB, we've haven't had any complaints on that yet.. Only complaints we've had on the ATX board are why aren't the fuses a gazillion amps :)
And more ground terminals.
I got this bag yesterday: http://www.ebay.com/itm/160880822433 (http://www.ebay.com/itm/160880822433)
Nice bargain! Never run out of bindingpost again!