On 10/22/20 12:14 PM, Vincent Slyngstad via cctalk wrote: > I'd worry that not just the jumper pins can be shorted, and whether what > was really needed was a proper enclosure. If not, then what I'd do is > probably to go to my favorite vendor for RasPi/Arduino junk (AdaFruit, > perhaps). I'd buy an assortment of shrouds, of the sort they use to > build their cables (which fit over header pins like these) -- the > assortment is by far the cheapest way I know to obtain them. Then I'd > buy the crimp pins that go inside, and insert them without wires. If I > was super paranoid, I'd use my flush cutters to trim off a bit of the > area meant to crimp the insulation, so that no metal was near the top > when I put my connector on the header.
I don't know if it's applicable, but I use hunks of extruded polystyrene insulating foam to protect the pins on my wire-wrapped projects. --Chuck
