6 Oct
2008
6 Oct
'08
10:51 a.m.
I notice that edge connectors are a lot less
common than they used to
be. I wonder if there are reliability issues by comparison with
other typies?
What's the difference between an "edge connector" and, say, the
connector used for a PCI card or a modern peecee memory stick? (Tony,
I realize you may not be familiar with either one, but just wander into
a mass-market computer store and I'm sure you can find plenty of each,
probably with some examples in see-through packages.) The only difference I can see is how the
"socket" side of the
connection is usually mounted (so the socket and board edge mate
perpendicular to the baord the socket is connected to, rather than
Actually, that's very common with older edge connectors too. Think of ISA
cards, they're perpendicular to the motherboard. Or the boards in this
9836. Or S100 boards. Or...
parallel). Oh, and the size of the contact fingers, I
suppose, but
_that_ surely doesn't count!
Indeed it doesn't
-tony