Question about using existing and some new parts with duet 2
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So I just realized something else. The connectors my cables for the endstops, stepper motors. and temp reader for the heated bed currently use won't fit on the duet. So it means I am going to get some crimpers to fix the cables. For some of the super short ones like the fans I want to make a male connector to connect to their current end then a female of the correct type for the duet. The longer ones I can just cut the end strip it and add the right connector. The one problem I run into is whenever I search for male connectors they are always pcb connectors not ones to use at the end of a wire like you can sometimes find on fan extension cables for computers. Anyone know the wording I should use to find some of these male connectors I am talking about?
Anyone know of a guide so I can find what connectors my current cables use as well? I'm adding a few photos that may help. The first2 are examples of the connectors that my ender 3 uses for all it's electronics after that is a fan connector for one of the fans I bought.
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they are jst-xh connectors
you just solder wires to the female one and put a heatshrink over the solder job.
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@dwfl89 said in Question about using existing and some new parts with duet 2:
Anyone know the wording I should use to find some of these male connectors I am talking about?
Pictures didn't upload properly btw, so I'm just going off the other guy saying they're JST-XH conenctors. Male housing and pins cost much more than male headers. You might find cheaper if you shop around. But if the move is permanent, just cut off the old XH connectors and crimp on the new ones.
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Edited & updated my last post so photos show.
@Veti So the connectors I want are jst-xh connectors to extend a few short cables.
@bearer I plan to just do that for most of the cables replace the connector on the end but a couple are super short so I figured making a extension cable for them may be easier,
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Definitively XH connectors, 2pin and 3pin. Link I posted will give you male connectors that fit. (Buying male headers for pcb mounting and soldering wires to them is cheaper though)
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Would it be ok to use tinned copper wire? A lot of the top amazon hits when I am looking for 24 and 16 awg wire is tinned copper. I want to say 90% of them... I hear they can cause shorts because tin flows under pressure or does this only apply if you tin the end of the wires yourself?
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tinned copper wire means each strand is plated with tin, this is fine, they do it to improve corrosion resistance.
when tinned wires are refered to as bad its when you apply soldering tin to the ends before inserting in screw terminals, that can come loose.
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I just realized after putting together some cables.... The ones for the stepper motor are smaller and so the JST-XH 2.54 pin spacing connector doesn't fit on them. Any idea as to what connector they are?
The stepper motor connector is the one on the right and on the left the JST-XH I was suggested for size comparison.
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Looks to be 2.00mm spacing JST-PH as was mentioned before.
@bearer said in Question about using existing and some new parts with duet 2:
The 6pin PH to 4pin XH or dupont cabling seems to be very common,
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@bearer said in Question about using existing and some new parts with duet 2:
PH
Completely missed that there was a post saying 6 pin ph in it.
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@dwfl89 said in Question about using existing and some new parts with duet 2:
Completely missed that there was a post saying 6 pin ph in it.
You did post pictures of the other end saying you wanted to make extensions for that side; otherwise I think I would have made a bigger point of it.
The female PH connectors and terminals are readily available at the usual suspects. You may need other dies or a new crimping tool depending on which you used for the XH. This is the reason I prefer the manual tool like Engineer PA-09, crimps anything with a little practice.
