<div dir="auto">Given the age and experience of this crowd, I'm shocked that wire wrap has not been mentioned. Those _are_ square pins<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">:-)</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Jan 9, 2023, 3:07 PM Alex Carver via Ale <<a href="mailto:ale@ale.org">ale@ale.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Or just jump on Amazon and buy 100+ of them for $5-10. In colors, too!<br>
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On 2023-01-09 12:00, Charles Shapiro via Ale wrote:<br>
> If it was me ( which it's not), I'd go to Micro Center and buy a strip of<br>
> female 2.54mm connectors and cobble<br>
> one together with solder and a tiny piece of wire on the solder end.<br>
> Assuming of course that your case has clearance for it. It'd be neater<br>
> looking than a your current setup, although probly not by much. I am pretty<br>
> sure the hobby part of the store has such exotica.<br>
> -- CHS<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> On Tue, Jan 3, 2023 at 1:24 PM Chuck Payne via Ale <<a href="mailto:ale@ale.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">ale@ale.org</a>> wrote:<br>
> <br>
>> Geez,<br>
>><br>
>> I got few of those parts bucket, along like 9 million screws, but I am out<br>
>> here Dacula.<br>
>><br>
>> On Tue, Jan 3, 2023 at 12:19 PM Derek Atkins via Ale <<a href="mailto:ale@ale.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">ale@ale.org</a>> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>>> Hi,<br>
>>><br>
>>> I've been playing with a board (building an embedded Linux system) and<br>
>>> needed to swap some pin jumpers to convert the external serial interface<br>
>>> from RS485 to RS232.<br>
>>><br>
>>> Unfortunately one of the actual jumpers broke.. I pulled it out and<br>
>>> noticed it was just a piece of plastic; there was no metal conductor<br>
>>> inside! OOPS.<br>
>>> I have NO IDEA where that little piece of metal got to.<br>
>>><br>
>>> I solved my immediate problem by using a long F-F pin-connector wire, but<br>
>>> I'd like to find a local/convenient source for one (or a handful) of those<br>
>>> small suckers.<br>
>>><br>
>>> Any suggestions in/around the Sandy Springs area?<br>
>>><br>
>>> Thanks,<br>
>>><br>
>>> -derek<br>
>>><br>
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