{"id":1451,"date":"2010-09-01T01:23:41","date_gmt":"2010-09-01T07:23:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.seeedstudio.com\/blog\/?p=1451"},"modified":"2010-09-01T01:27:44","modified_gmt":"2010-09-01T07:27:44","slug":"betterhopefully-connector-for-electronic-bricks-needs-inputs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.seeedstudio.com\/blog\/2010\/09\/01\/betterhopefully-connector-for-electronic-bricks-needs-inputs\/","title":{"rendered":"Better connector for Electronic Bricks?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\"> It&#8217;s reliable and of 2.54mm pitch, but we always found it too big to fit on smaller modules, and the DIP pin hinders smaller bricks. The\u00a0accelerate-meter\u00a0looks cuter sitting on the connector, but\u00a0would\u00a0you prefer a smaller SMT one? <\/span><\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"small\" src=\"http:\/\/www.seeedstudio.com\/depot\/images\/product\/accel500.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"360\" height=\"270\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We were brainstorming use some of our electronic brick sensors as alternative probe for DSO nano, quite a part of the sensors do the job and why don&#8217;t we just use 3.5mm audio jack as the electronic cable? \u00a0The cost would be much lower, since minions audio jacks are in current stock.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/connector-change1.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"connector change\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/connector-change1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"469\" height=\"249\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\">Though we are quite excited about this upgrade. \u00a0We are still worried about possible bridging between Vcc and GND. Some in-depth endurance\u00a0test of this design is needed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Plug2.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1457 aligncenter\" title=\"Plug\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Plug2-300x60.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"60\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.seeedstudio.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Plug2-300x60.png 300w, https:\/\/www.seeedstudio.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Plug2-150x30.png 150w, https:\/\/www.seeedstudio.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Plug2.png 375w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>PROs:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\">Smaller<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\">Compatible with DSO nano, Music Shield (why not record something other than audio?)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\">Widely available <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\">Much Cheaper<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Cons:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\">Possible shortage while plugging<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\">not 2.54mm pitch <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\">Other unknown issues<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>How do you think? 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