Tachometer pinout connector choice

[JFL4066]

Hi Yuriy,

I'd like to use a 6 pin connector to attach the tachometer cable/wire to the board instead of soldering wires directly. What connector do you recommend? Female board mounted and male plug. Thx.

 

[JFL4066]

I have the glass scale board.

 

[ycroosh]

Why do you specifically want a 6-pin connector? The board accepts a standard 3-pin header (you need Vcc, Ground and Signal). 1/8" mono headphone connectors work great for this. I.e. make a pigtail with panel mounted 1/8 barrel connector on one end and 3-pin female on the other end.

 

[JFL4066]

The GND, TACH A, and +5V connections are not next to each other. So how is a 3 pin connector going to work?

 

[markba633csi]

Just buy a 6 pin housing and some pins that mates with the header and connect the three pins you need, leave the others empty
-M

 

[ycroosh]

The GND, TACH A, and +5V connections are not next to each other. So how is a 3 pin connector going to work?


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Ah, you have the first revision of the board... The cheapest option would be something like this 40pcs 20cm 2.54MM Female to Female Dupont Wire Jump Jumper Cables For Arduino from eBay or on Amazon this, for example: Dupont Wire Female to Female

You can then separate three strands and connect them as needed.

 

[JFL4066]

Thx for the reply Yuriy. I ended up cutting a connector from an old PC power supply and soldered the male connector with wire pigtails to the board and connected the female connector pigtails to the sensor cable with crimp connectors. Works good. I just needed to have some way to disconnect the sensor cable from the board/box. BTW, the tachometer display works great! I used a LittelFuse Hall effect magnetic sensor with a pullup resistor soldered to the female connector. Eight Neodymium magnets in a ABS plastic ring screwed to the underside of the spindle pully on my mill. https://www.littelfuse.com/~/media/...e_hall_effect_sensors_55100_datasheet.pdf.pdf