10 May
2008
10 May
'08
4:10 p.m.
PCBs with edge connectors really drive the costs up
because specialized
prototype boards are required or if you manufacture the PCBs using edge
connectors and gold fingers are extra.
It's very strange--at one time Radio Shack (under their "Archer"
brand) sold 22/44 position edge-connector prototyping cards, in
phenolic, rather than FR4 and with tinned, rather than gold-plated
fingers. Vector had similar prototype cards as well. It's kind of
hard to believe that they're all gone now, since at one time, they
were very common.
Cheers,
Chuck