Drew.Anderson@CMU-CS-C.ARPA (Drew Anderson) (05/07/85)
I also have had good success with wire wrap here at CMU. One thing that is very important though is to use high reliability sockets. It will minimize your connector problems. Augat and Robinson Neuget are vendors of sockets and boards with these types of pins. Gold plating on the pin is usually not worth it, but on the insert it is a good idea. (If you do not know what I mean by insert, look at a hi-rel socket. The hole that you put the pin in is actually an insert into the pin housing.) Drew Anderson DDA@cmu-cs-c.arpa -------
keithe@tekgvs.UUCP (Keith Ericson) (05/10/85)
On wire-wrapping a (prototype/1-of-a-kind) board: around here we have had the same experience as many others have had in that the best wire-wrapping system is one in which the wire is completely stripped of insulation, either before or during the wrapping operation. The wrappers that attempt to slice the insulation (or whatever it is that they do) and essentially leave it in place on the wire are prone to make poor/no connection. (These can usually be made to connect by applying heat - a soldering iron works nicely - to the offending connection pin, but first you have to find the bad connection!) keith ericson at teklabs