You have to hand it to these guys: https://solarbotics.com/product/42045/ Note the warning - May not fit in standard holes. But, they don;t TELL you the pin diameter. They have it half right.
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Even if the ZIF sockets had smaller pins they still would not meet DIP standards.Any ideas why this is so? I am sure they can be made more standard one way or another. Why make then non standard? That makes it hard for a manufacturer to use a ZIF socket as an afterthought.
Yes its all about cost.This problem that came up deserves looking into, after all, why change the pin dimensions of a socket? The most likely reason is manufacturing cost. The manufacturer probably found that the pins that way make it cheaper to manufacture yet still get something that can be called a ZIF socket. Doing it another way would hve cost more and that would translated to the buyer's cost.
What they did not realize was that by making it still yet even more different, they lost customers. The higher cost also tells me that they did not sell as many as they should have. Perhaps the other factor is that not that many products actually need ZIF sockets in the first place.
Sorry MrAl no offense but they have been making this things for 20-30 years and this problem never trickled down to you. LOLthis kind of thing has a trickle down effect where one person tells another person, then anther, etc.,
Sorry MrAl no offense but they have been making this things for 20-30 years and this problem never trickled down to you. LOL
Hello,
There are a number of different pin sizes, shapes, and diameters. ................ Any ideas?