3.5mm audio jacks

Post by **nilcum** » Mon Nov 12, 2007 6:29 am

I'm looking to dress the hardware up a little bit. Anyone know of a good place to order 3.5mm audio jacks and cables with the male ends. The jack will need to be able to attach to a plastic project box. I looked a bit on google and radio shack and didn't find what I was looking for.

les · Post by **les** » Wed Nov 14, 2007 8:12 am

Be careful with jack plugs and sockets as they tend to short when inserted or removed when powered up !!
Suggest you look at the power supply type plug and sockets as these are designed to prevent this.

Seezya
Les

Post by **nilcum** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 8:13 pm

Cool, didn't realize that. Do you have a link to a product or two you would recommend? I'm getting a little tired of the leads coming out of my breadboard =).

les · Post by **les** » Fri Nov 16, 2007 3:00 am

I am in the uk
I use a company called Maplins.
Here is a link to the powr connectors.

http://www.maplin.co.uk/Search.aspx?men ... &doy=16m11

The problem with jack plugs is that the conections are in line instead of parallel.

Consider the "din" type plugs also Link follows

http://www.maplin.co.uk/Search.aspx?men ... &doy=16m11

Seezya
Les

Post by **nilcum** » Sun Nov 18, 2007 2:31 pm

Excellent! Thanks again for the advice. I'll order a few of them and see how they will work with a project box for tantalus.

Post by **nilcum** » Fri Nov 23, 2007 9:27 pm

I ended up going with these:

http://www.radioshack.com/product/index ... Id=2103418
http://www.radioshack.com/product/index ... Id=2103450

les · Post by **les** » Sat Nov 24, 2007 12:32 pm

Be careful.
You appear to have chosen a stereo socket and a mono plug!
Check with meter for shorts in use and whilst plugging and unplugging before committing

Post by **nilcum** » Sat Nov 24, 2007 3:14 pm

Thanks les, I know you had different advice. I will be sure to check for shorts and how that would affect operation. I don't know if the one being sold as a Inline Plug DC Power Connector will make any difference when it comes to shorts, but I will find out.

The reason why I went with those is because they were on opendildonics.org as the recommended style of connector. I want there to be interoperability between our controller and toys that other people build.

les · Post by **les** » Sat Nov 24, 2007 5:00 pm

I was also concerned that you appear to have chosen a stereo socket and a mono plug!

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