Ben Heck's Essentials Series 1 - Connectors

On the Ben Heck Show we use many connectors. In this episode we will talk about all the different types, how to use them, how to identify them and how the pin numbering works. We will also show examples on how best to use them.

[tobymiller]

As a total noob to electronics, this video was incredibly informative! Keep the videos on the basics coming!!!

[tubeDude]

I was bored until you got to ZIF connector. So the idea of using a piece of plastic was cool!

[vini]

Now that i have seen almost all your videos i want to say this:
BEN YOU ARE A DAMN GENIUS

[danniedarko]

giving guys like me more insight into electronics weekly. I'm very big Novice at this but I'm learning thanks to you Ben....

[haze]

Im so happy they did this video, this was much needed, thanks Ben Heck and crew!

[compuzeme]

Love the series Ben (and people who help make it). Have watched from almost the beginning (well, all the videos on YouTube anyway). Love the injected humour of what could otherwise be a very dry topic. You make it very enjoyable to watch and look forward to your videos week on week.

Love the difference across there compared to UK sayings.... e.g. "ZEE 80" instead of "ZED very comical!

Keep up the good work.

[Sonicdude]

"I'm hungry. I'll eat a laptop. Take a mega bite out of it."
I see what you did there...

[OzzyCPT]

Learnt a hell of a lot in this episode.Nice

[ChrisFredriksson]

Great video as always! Love the new haircut also, at least it looks new.. Looks more like summer! =D Also I love the background for the first part of the video, before the TBHS splash. Felt like home =D Good job on the video guys, keep up the great work! =)

[FireDragonAndromeda]

The composite video wasn't totally removed from the raspberry pi, they added it to the 3.5mm jack and a 4 pole 3.5mm adapter will give you video & audio.

[mitb]

Watching him solder the IC socket one handed. Best technique ever!

[oaea]

This was so helpful Ben!... haha you have no idea how many times i broke ZIF connectors, i had no idea there was such an easy fix

[PatrickAllenNL]

great video...I feel like you guys listened to my input

[NN-DMT]

I've accidentally damaged a few ZIF connectors in the past, thank you for this insight!

[TheRealObiWahn]

The better crimp pliers to crimp the wire-to-board connectors (molex type) have 2 radii so the longer arms of the connector bite into the wire insulation to help prevent that the wire gets ripped out.

And even when I buy new DIP Chips, I usually bend them on a flat surface (like the table) a little bit since the pins usually won't be exactly 90° to the chip and by bending them to the 90° angle, they slide in way better.

Also, on the board-to-board connectors I cut off pins somewhere in the strip and seal the female connector with my desoldering iron so I get a indicator how the board has to connect and prevent therefore a potential deadly connection for the boards.
Saved my bacon a couple times when working with mirrored layouts....

[robmitchell]

When installing a dB connector in a plastic enclosure, I use the metal mount from a PC serial board as a template. Screw it in place and use a Dremel to cut out the plastic for the DB to fit through. Clean look.

[jonmayer]

Nice tip on the zif socket. I've broken a few in my day. Hard to find the right wedge thickness usually.

[zairoxs]

"Aside from the fact that I'm gonna eat them for lunch..." hahahaha I fucking love Felix!

[Stjaernljus]

vga connector being a High Density D-sub(three rows of pins instead of two) connector is sometimes called HD-15

[TheNomadluap]

On those molex connectors the back set of wings is designed to grasp the insulation around the wire conductor. You'll find your connections much more solid if you crimp it that way.