And the award for the most retarded product of a decade goes to MikroElektronika - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: GrandTheftAuto4life
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: December 01, 2017, 03:30:38 pm
content: Pick your poison below:(2 connections)https://eu.mouser.com/ProductDetail/MikroElektronika/MIKROE-320/?qs=jBNCx3lXxWt3DwCwZGmuvw==(8 connections)https://www.digikey.com/product-detail/en/mikroelektronika/MIKROE-319/1471-1177-ND/4495541

author: hexreader
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: December 01, 2017, 03:46:53 pm
content: These are being sold off cheap on the Mikroelektronika site, which suggests to me that they are about to end production.This is NOT this year's product, but was developed many years ago. (EDIT - October 2008)

author: rx8pilot
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 01, 2017, 03:57:47 pm
content: Converting headers to screw terminal is not stupid.....I rigged up one of those just the other day....these things would have saved some effort.Short and misplld from my mobile......

author: wraper
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: December 01, 2017, 04:02:48 pm
content: It is not retarded. Rather I would guess OP is narrow minded. Such thing may be quiet useful for say arduino tinkerers of someone who do some sort of prototype but not nearly limited to those.

author: kPATm
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: December 02, 2017, 09:04:57 pm
content: Very similar terminals already on the Ramps 1.4 kits for 3d printers

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: December 02, 2017, 09:38:15 pm
content: What's wrong with converting pin headers (or wires) to screw terminals?

author: sanman
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: December 05, 2017, 06:12:38 pm
content: it looks like the wire inputs are ACROSS the header pins? That would be a challenge

author: hexreader
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: December 05, 2017, 06:20:47 pm
content: Quote from: sanman on December 05, 2017, 06:12:38 pmI have two of each and have found them very useful in the past. The "wire" inputs are NOT in the way of the header pins..... but I do realise that you are kidding

author: NiHaoMike
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 06, 2017, 02:45:31 am
content: I think the problem is that there are no screw holes to secure the terminal strip to the chassis.

author: tpowell1830
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: December 06, 2017, 03:26:14 am
content: As the sales information says, these are for breadboards. Perfect for testing and prototyping without dealing with those tiny wires. Use regular wires on a breadboard, nice, can extend to other device with real wires. No more fiddling with bent wires.

author: hermit
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: December 06, 2017, 04:02:31 am
content: For breadboards? I have comparable components without the added real estate of the PCB that already plug directly into my breadboard at the cost of $0.10 US. I can get a 170 point breadboard for another $1.29 if I'm running out of board space. No mounting holes in the PCB version so that limits the one use I can think of for it.If I want to plug the terminal block into an Arduino and get it out of the way I can get a 40 pin angled header for $0.17. I'm hard pressed to see a use case that would make me part with my money for the PCB mounted terminal block. To me I can only see how it adds footprint space and makes things more cluttered.

author: Cyberdragon
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 07, 2017, 05:30:04 am
content: You still have to solder these though, the pins aren't included. If I'm going to solder wires to screw terminals I would just dead-bug them and be done with it.

author: langwadt
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 09, 2017, 01:49:23 am
content: Quote from: EEVblog on December 02, 2017, 09:38:15 pmif only it had mounting holes it could useful

author: wraper
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: December 09, 2017, 02:03:31 am
content: Quote from: langwadt on December 09, 2017, 01:49:23 amMounting holes are completely useless in most of it's use cases and would only obstruct other things, like connectors located on it's sides. And if you solder it on some header connector, there won't be place to attach it with screws to begin with.

author: retrolefty
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 09, 2017, 02:15:40 am
content: The purpose of these 'transition connectors' is to speed up prototyping and quick testing of modules and subsystems. They would never in my opinion be used in 'production' designed systems. Lack of experience or knowledge here lead to the misguided "most retarded" statement.