Proper way of wiring pinouts

[kinganu123]

How would I PROPERLY wire the pinouts on the Ultrasonic sensors in the KoP?
http://maxbotix.com/pictures/articles/016_Title.jpg
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And just to verify,this will be going into the analog breakout, right?

[DonRotolo]

+5v goes to a source of 5 volts
GND goes to a ground pin on the Analog Breakout that is in slot 1 of the cRio.
AN should go to an analog signal input that can take 0 to about 3 volts, such as on the Analog Breakout. That voltage will tell you the distance the sensor is reporting: 2.56 volts is 256 inches, 1.00 volts is 100 inches.

Please note that you should, if possible, get the 5 volts from the Analog Breakout, and use that ground as well, otherwise that AN voltage will be somewhat inaccurate. But I'm not going to do the work to look up a source of 5 volts for you, that's your task.

[kinganu123]

I apologize, I should've been a bit more specific
That much I had had already figured out, by wiring the pinouts, I actually meant soldering the wires. The holes are waaay too close and I don't want to risk frying the sensor.

[Bruce Meyer]

Look at the test probe picture from your link. Big hint:If the yellow probe was a white wire....

Twist the wires nice and tight to slip through the holes. Use a good clean soldering iron with a very pointy tip. We just did ours tonight without any problems.

[kinganu123]

but how are you certain that these wires won't touch? They pinouts a VERY close to each other and VERY small

[ScottW of MaxBo]

Hello this is Tom Bonar from MaxBotix. This is an example of what an LV-MaxSonar-EZ1 should look like with the wiring soldered on the sensor. I hope this is some help to you.

[kinganu123]

yikes
so you're basically suggesting I use smaller gauges...

[RyanN]

You can solder in a header. Something like this?



You can cut the wires and break them off to wherever you want.

I got this stuff from Pololu. (pre-crimped wires and connector housings)

Check it out: http://www.pololu.com/catalog/category/39

They also have lots of other things that your team might be interested in, so look around.

[DonRotolo]

Originally Posted by kinganu123

I apologize, I should've been a bit more specific
That much I had had already figured out, by wiring the pinouts, I actually meant soldering the wires. The holes are waaay too close and I don't want to risk frying the sensor.

Oh. Yes, more specific would have saved both of us time.

Buy an 0.100 male header like this and solder that in. Use a 40 Watt or smaller soldering iron (not a gun!) and electronic solder with flux core.
If you go with wire, 20 Gauge should be more than plenty, tin the wires before inserting them into the holes.

There is a technique for soldering to a circuit board, practice on something cheap (Radio Shack can help there) first. Basically, you start counting seconds: Press the (clean & tinned) iron tip against the board at the pin (or wire), after 2 seconds, push in a little solder, count another 2 seconds, and pull everything away.

[josneville]

What types of wires do you use?

[Alan Anderson]

Use a PWM cable. Remove the male connector, strip the wires to a couple of millimeters, and use a low-wattage fine point soldering iron.