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Patch Board or panels (electronics0

Years ago there used to be something called a patch board which by using inserting pins with diodes in them you could route a DC current to different locations. If you can imagine 2 pieces of veroboard set one behind the other and the strips at right angles to one another, then by inserting these pins you could connect any of the horizontal strips to any of the vertical strips. Someone must still be making them surely? I've searched but to no avail, plenty of RJ45 patches but not what I want. I've searched Patch boards, Patch panels, Patch pins, Patch diode pins etc Does anyone know what they are called these days, and where can I get one. I'm building a vent controller for the new, not yet built conservatory it needs to control 6 vents and I need to build in the flexibility to select vents. I know there are different ways of doing it but I want to do it using one of these patch boards. Cheers Don

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Donwill
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"matrix pin panel" or "matrix patch panel" seem to turn up several uses of them on synthesizers, you might be able to find a supplier from there.

Reply to
Andy Burns

Pin patch used to be quite popular for routing non critical audio etc circuits in TV outside broadcast vehicles where space was at a premium. But doesn't seem to be available anymore from the usual suspects. I'd guess solid state routing has taken over as that can save even more space.

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Dave Plowman (News)

Emi-mec plugboard lathes still use them.They sell for pennies on ebay,but you could probably get a faulty one from the agents and cut a good bit out of it. I`ve got a bag of new diode pins somewhere.

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mark

I had a look on Ebay but I couldn't find any. but thanks anyway

Don

Reply to
Donwill

I think it was a firm called Oxley that used to make them but I can't see them on their website so they have probably stopped making them.

Many Thanks

Don

Reply to
Donwill

For a small matrix you could build one using small stereo jack plugs and sockets? Should be able to mount them on a 1/2" grid.

Bob

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Bob Minchin

I might try and find some cheap miniature jacks and make something up. I will only need 18 in a 3x6 matrix.

Thanks anyway Cheers Don

Reply to
Donwill

Great minds?

Reply to
Bob Minchin

Telepathy, same wavelength?

Cheers Bob

Don

Reply to
Donwill

For any others who may be looking for something similar I found this.

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may be useful.

Cheers Don

Reply to
Donwill

For any others who may be looking for something similar I found this.

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may be useful.

Cheers Don

Reply to
Donwill

For any others who may be looking for something similar I found this.

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may be useful.

Cheers Don

Reply to
Donwill

For any others who may be looking for something similar I found this.

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may be useful.

Cheers Don

Reply to
Donwill

For any others who may be looking for something similar I found this.

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may be useful.

Cheers Don

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Donwill

Reply to
Dave Plowman (News)

I'm not quite sure what you're on about. If you intention was to proptotype something before building it on a PCB then the term you wanted was "breadboard" not "patchboard".

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used to have a useful combination of a solderless breadboard and a Verostrip made to the smae form factor, permitting constructors to simply copy the working breadboard version to the veroboard then solder components into place. Apologies if this isn't what you're after but ICBA to work out what you want.

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Steve Firth

.news.uk.tiscali.com...

ttp://monopole.ph.qmw.ac.uk/~thomas/synthdiy/patchpanels.htm

So useful you were worried we might miss it the first time?

MBQ

Reply to
Man at B&Q

I once decided to compromise and use 3.5mm stereo plugs/sockets. Suffice it to say I wouldnt use those again. 2.5mm are far weaker.

NT

Reply to
NT

I think these days it's called an "Arduino" 8-)

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Andy Dingley

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