They are called strain relief connections or cord clamps.. All electric cords exiting or entering the container are required to have one.. They protect the electronics from physical abuse from outside forces.

Step bits and cable glands changed my projects forever!

@JudePullen

2 жыл бұрын

And mini blowtorchs too!!

Amazing video! Exactly what I was looking for. Thanks a ton for making. Love to see more of these!

@JudePullen

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Thanks for the video Jude. By the time someone gets experienced enough to feel comfortable making videos to show others how to do "it", they usually forget about the most basic questions they had at the beginning. I am fortunate to have all these tools in my workshop but wouldn't have thought of making a video about them. The ferrules are cool and handy when you are constantly plugging wires in and out of terminals, I wish they came in smaller sizes. Another possible item to include are (latching/non-latching) push buttons. I hope more people get to see your content, you provide good information.

@JudePullen

4 жыл бұрын

Bob Christy thanks for the kind comment. I think it’s a mixture of being curious about process, but sometimes working with someone who is less experienced in a given area (may be more so in others in this case!) and that can remind me of the ‘non-obviousness’ of a method... so that reminds me. =)

Nice video. I like to keep things neat and tidy in electronics projects, not just for my own satisfaction and benefit in terms of aesthetics and practicalities, but for others appreciation and understanding and adds an air of professionalism. It used to be a pain for me in having to think about how to package a project up and it took me a while to settle on ways of doing it. But, once you have a collection of standard techniques like youve shown, it's nice because it provides a go to, modular, 'glueless' framework within which to plan a project. Didn't know about the 'iris' type crimp tool, I'll employ this next time rather than a pair of pliers... 😁 A work colleague introduced me to these 'bootlace ferrules', never looked back. They're great for terminating multi strand wires for insertion into terminal blocks. A few things I also like to employ: 1) 'Braided Sleeving'. When I have multiple wires coming out of a gland that need to travel a distance together, I use 'braided sleeving', same stuff as used in computer power supplies. Sleeving can be inserted into the gland and you can cable tie along the length. Amazing how simple it is to make things tidy and professional looking with this. 2) 'Terminal Board'. If a project is using a microcontroller ( which project doesn't! 😁 ) , my go to board now ( I've tried many ) is the Arduino Nano version. It's the smallest form factor but most importantly you can get different varieties of 'nano terminal boards'. Plug the Nano in and they're great for allowing 'ferruled' wires to be easily and robustly connected/disconnected to the microcontroller. The terminal board also makes it a doddle to mount in an enclosure. 3) 'Cable Markers'. A wide variety, used as standard in the electrical industry for wire identification usually in conjunction with circuit diagrams. Can get numbers and letters. They're limited to a certain range of wire thickness but they beat using bits of masking or insulating tape wrapped round wires. Cheers.

@JudePullen

4 жыл бұрын

saiello2061 thanks for the great comments. I do use many of these, but feel these will make a good follow up. In the same way as ‘glueless’ rules apply, I think solderless also makes sense for test rigs, so I have one in mind for a follow up video. So will have a think and add these. Good call. 👍

Those "whatever they're called" terminals are French Ferrules, or more generically Bootlace Ferrules. I think the French bit comes from the colour set, and there's a German colour standard too, but I know the ones I've got were sold as French Ferrules.

@JudePullen

4 жыл бұрын

Nice! Thanks for the info =) Yeah - I'm not authority on wiring conventions, and certain a PAT expert is a must for anything mains electricity or for public tests.

Really useful. One of those stupid questions, how do you use a honeycomb bottom board found in some project cases? Is there special fixings/ supports that you should use?

@JudePullen

3 ай бұрын

Hmm sorry not sure what you’re referring to. Feel free to tweet me a picture.

A question I have about these project boxes: how do you keep separate parts in place? E.g. I have an ESP2866 board with a few sensor boards. Do I stick them in the box with double sided tape?

@JudePullen

2 жыл бұрын

Ideally you want to screw any boards to the mounting bosses in these enclosures. However as the boards you suggest are really small, you may need to created a platform to do this with some generic protoboard or some plastic sheet. This way you can secure everything whilst also making it easy to remove. Hope this helps.