RAT5 Manual version 1.2.0
RAT5 Information Manual version 1.2.0 © GW4GTE 2010
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5. Interfacing
5.1 Connection Method
There are several options. Soldering wires directly to the PCB is perfectly acceptable if the
supplied connectors are not preferred.
PL3 is a 10-way strip with pins 3, 4, 7 and 8 unused.
Wires can also be soldered directly to the pins of PL3, but
the recommended method is to use the companion
socket strips. Again, wires can be soldered directly to the
strips but the method preferred by the author is to saw off
a small piece of stripboard via which wires can be
soldered. Socket strips can be cut into shorter lengths by
sacrificing one pin at the cutting point.
Figure 5.1 opposite shows a connector with wires
attached.
Figure 5.1 Connection method
5.2 Connections
Figure 5.2 Connection Diagram
