Comments on: PCA9306 Level Shifter https://blog.nearfuturelaboratory.com/2008/08/13/pca9306-level-shifter/ Clarify Today, Design Tomorrow Fri, 18 Aug 2017 18:06:22 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.5.1 By: Julian https://blog.nearfuturelaboratory.com/2008/08/13/pca9306-level-shifter/#comment-314 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 15:30:10 +0000 http://www.nearfuturelaboratory.com/?p=2313#comment-314 In reply to Erik.

Sure, the place appears to be K&H Products or K&H Manufacturing, based in Taiwan. Their URL is http://www.kandh.com.tw/. I’ve never ordered from them, and only reluctantly from Jameco, but every so often I think of getting a whole bunch of these direct. They’re handy in workshops and such all.

As for tools to make your own, I’ve also looked into crimp kits and the like, but have never pursued it beyond thinking about it..seems a little tedious for my sensibilities. The only reason I like these particular ones is they seem to be using stranded wire with rigid posts, so you can actually bend the wires easily over things, or connect them to things not on your breadboard, as opposed to the usual breadboard style rigid jumpers, which look nicer.

]]> By: Erik https://blog.nearfuturelaboratory.com/2008/08/13/pca9306-level-shifter/#comment-313 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 11:17:28 +0000 http://www.nearfuturelaboratory.com/?p=2313#comment-313 Do you know who the wholesaler / manufacturer is, or even better which crimp terminals they use? Crimping your own jumper wires should be the cheapest option. And if you make your own then you can make them in custom lengths and colors, which is the primary reason I’m looking into this. The problem is to find out where you can buy these terminals in reasonably small quantities, there are a lot of different terminals out there and I’m having some trouble finding the right ones…

]]> By: Julian https://blog.nearfuturelaboratory.com/2008/08/13/pca9306-level-shifter/#comment-312 Thu, 14 Aug 2008 04:11:07 +0000 http://www.nearfuturelaboratory.com/?p=2313#comment-312 In reply to Erik.

Yeah, sure. It’s completely over-priced stuff that I get from Jameco. Way over-priced. I’m thinking of going direct to the wholesaler and just getting a whole bunch..

]]> By: Erik https://blog.nearfuturelaboratory.com/2008/08/13/pca9306-level-shifter/#comment-311 Wed, 13 Aug 2008 23:43:04 +0000 http://www.nearfuturelaboratory.com/?p=2313#comment-311 this question is totally unrelated to your post, but do you mind if I ask you where you got those jumper wires? Actually what I’d like to know is what crimp pins / sockets you use, I currently make my own jumper wires using molex c-grid crimps but they aren’t perfect.. thanks

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