I am just wondering if someone has used or has seen a product suitable.
I have a number of PCB's which require screw terminals with a 5mm pitch, however the spacing from the back of the terminal to the pin needs to be about 2mm.
To illustrate, here is an example product which is NOT suitable:
The dimension (4.0) on the bottom left, I need this to be 6.0, so the distance from the PCB pin to the back of the unit is about 2mm or less.
I have been told there are terminals available where the pin is on the back edge, however I cannot find them. This would be a solution that would work for this.
Sorry not really Arduino related, but hopefully someone here has seen a suitable product.
Even if its a header of some kind that you plug in a terminal like plug, that would be sufficient - however it cant be just a simple pin with a plug as it needs to be a bit more 'robust' than that, and carry 230V @ 10A.
Is this because you made the mistake of designing your board layout before obtaining parts? I did that once (the terminal was only off by about 1mm)... very very annoying
Wish I could help, however I just redesigned the board and re-etched it
Hey
Yep it is due to me screwing up the design. I used a datasheet from a supplier which turned out to be incorrect, so yes the spacing is out by about 1mm or so and I had a number of boards made professionally - so a bit of a botch up.
Ill have a look at the phoenix site and see if I can find something.
I just found out maybe I was doing the wrong way of design as well. Now I want my design to be this way:
Design the schematic, get a box, from that dimension, decide a PCB size. Then purchase some parts, lay them out so they look alright on a table. Then design the PCB so it take all parts and fits in the box. Drill some holes,
Don't buy cheap parts from random places unless they're generic dimension, stick with larger suppliers they have better diagrams.
Found suitable Phoenix Contacts which are coming, so all is good again.
I normally design my PCB and print it out 1:1 before I order it to be made - however my printer was out of ink so I skipped that step. Turns out the one time my design had a problem is the time I really needed the printout. Oh well.
