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    • RE: Here's a better crimping tool for Dupont, JST, and Molex

      I have the IWS-2412M, IWS-2820M, IWS-3220M, SN-28B, SN-01BM, SN-2549, and the AP-153045 crimp tools by IWISS.

      The SN-28B, as well as a couple of the other crimp tools, will crimp the terminal types you have mentioned, as well as the SN-2549. The AP-153045 is too large, being designed for Anderson Power Pole connectors, and the IWS-3220 is just a bit small for such duty.

      There is no single crimp tool for all terminal types, and what works well for one individual may not necessarily work well for you, and that has a lot to do with wire type, brand of terminal, tension setting of the crimp tool being used, the level of polish on the dies in use, and probably most notably, the speed with which the crimp cycle is executed. If you see somebody in an online video using a crimp tool and obtaining satisfactory results, keep in mind that that person's circumstances will not necessarily be the same conditions of use for you.

      If I hurry the crimp cycle with any appropriately-sized crimp tool, I'm going to get a bad crimp, so bear that in mind. Used correctly, either the 28B or the 2549 will produce identical results.

      posted in General Discussion
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    • RE: why no one uses latching relays ?

      In my use of bistable latching relays, where the state of the relay position is information that must be tracked, I have found it to be easiest to use an optocoupler (H11AA1 or PC817C) to feedback the state of the relay position, which is polled at bootstrap. If you have multiple states to read at boot, you can use something like the TCA9548A multiplexer to accomplish the state read and to set your volatile state variables appropriately, and save on your μC pin count.

      posted in Hardware
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