Can anyone tell me the name of this card-edge connector? - Page 1
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author: JoeN
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timestamp: January 30, 2017, 02:07:48 am
content: 3x32. 0.1 inch spacing? But what is the name of the style here? Thanks.

author: iainwhite
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timestamp: January 30, 2017, 02:19:27 am
content: Is it a Eurocard backplane?en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurocard_(printed_circuit_board)

author: Cubdriver
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timestamp: January 30, 2017, 02:24:52 am
content: DIN 41612 maybe?This appears to be the mate:http://www.mouser.com/ProductDetail/TE-Connectivity/5536019-5/?qs=DpCaYn0bdggi57vfQOvujg%3d%3d-Pat

author: JoeN
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timestamp: January 30, 2017, 02:34:26 am
content: Yeah, you guys are right. VME / DIN 41612. Used with Eurobus and Nubus. Looks like 3x32 was the standard. Thanks!If I had ever had a Mac, I would have known this.

author: Ampera
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 30, 2017, 10:48:31 pm
content: the designer of that was a lunatic. DIN has some good connectors on file, but this is just stupid.it's actually not an edge connector it's a pin connector sorta like a DB/DSUB connector, but stupidly overscale. Dave has some I think in the visual effects generator video.

author: helius
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timestamp: January 30, 2017, 11:00:34 pm
content: This connector was designed in the 1970s, and is not overscale. It has normal .100" spacing. It provides correct connector orientation without wasting any space for key slots. It is also a gas-tight and vibration resistant connector, and is specified for many military products.For modern interface busses, denser connector series like Molex EBBI or TE VITA would be a better choice.

author: Ampera
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timestamp: January 30, 2017, 11:01:42 pm
content: Quote from: helius on January 30, 2017, 11:00:34 pmI mean out of all the stupid little pins, if one is bent, it's all over.

author: thm_w
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timestamp: January 31, 2017, 12:46:32 am
content: Quote from: TwoOfFive on January 30, 2017, 11:01:42 pmWe use these in a product plugged/unplugged by the customer. Yes they do get bent sometimes during shipping, and are a pain to re-align.But its not horrific, it works well enough in general.The molex EBBI mentioned looks like it would be a good replacement.

author: JoeN
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timestamp: January 31, 2017, 01:17:27 am
content: If anyone cares, I found it on this video. This is a guy who did a homebrew 68030 computer. The computer is on a card and then he has a peripheral card, both plugged into this backplane card. Mostly I was asking because I had never seen this type of connector before. I've been a PC guy forever and mostly have seen PC-like card connectors in the Apple II and other older computers. It looks like his computer was a heck of a lot of work and the board itself looks as good as a professional one.

author: Cubdriver
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: January 31, 2017, 02:07:12 am
content: The pins are pretty well protected by the shrouding. A two row version was used on boards at a previous job that I had (2 per board with 2 boards in each system); out of several hundred that were built, went out into the field and came back for service over the course of 8-10 years I can't recalleverencountering a bent pin on any of them.-Pat

author: Monkeh
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 31, 2017, 02:28:34 am
content: Quote from: TwoOfFive on January 30, 2017, 10:48:31 pmIt is neither stupid nor overscale. It is simply older than you (to put it mildly).