Surplus 18pin PIC 'dev' boards (+ a couple others)

[skimask]

You're absolutely right. Schematics and a couple of pictures attached.

JDG

[cardfish22]

Do you have any of the switch caps for the 5-way nav switch? I'd be interested in buying just those. I can't seem to find them anywhere.

[skimask]

Do you have any of the switch caps for the 5-way nav switch? I'd be interested in buying just those. I can't seem to find them anywhere.

Digikey # btntpa029

[cardfish22]

I tried that, the buttons are no longer being made by ITT and not in stock at Digikey "Obsolete item; call Digi-Key for more information."

[skimask]

I tried that, the buttons are no longer being made by ITT and not in stock at Digikey "Obsolete item; call Digi-Key for more information."

Oh great, now I've got a bunch of switches without caps. Sounds like it's time to put in a call to ITT, maybe even keep an eye on eBay or something. I wonder if that cap has just been superceded by a different part number from ITT. Ya gotta figure that switch can't possibly be totally obsolete, there's gotta be some sort of suitable substitute.

[cardfish22]

We've been looking for 3 months for a solution. ITT said that they couldn't maintain the quality on the switch cap; I'm not sure if their molds are old, demand was too low or what, but they have dropped production. I've looked EVERYWHERE for any stock along with our Contract Manufacture company (big company). Besides a hearing back from about 10 shady companies in Hong Kong who said they had thousands - we asked to send us a picture of their stock to insure they weren't just going to take our cash, and never heard back! - we haven't found any.
We are looking at spending big $$ to have our own mold made and get about 10k units produced (min lot size), but we have $$ to throw around to fix the problem (I work for a big company).
I'll let you know if we happen to find any. If you need some, let me know (via PM) and I might be able to share some of our custom ones.

[skimask]

We've been looking for 3 months for a solution. ITT said that they couldn't maintain the quality on the switch cap; I'm not sure if their molds are old, demand was too low or what, but they have dropped production. I've looked EVERYWHERE for any stock along with our Contract Manufacture company (big company). Besides a hearing back from about 10 shady companies in Hong Kong who said they had thousands - we asked to send us a picture of their stock to insure they weren't just going to take our cash, and never heard back! - we haven't found any.
We are looking at spending big $$ to have our own mold made and get about 10k units produced (min lot size), but we have $$ to throw around to fix the problem (I work for a big company).
I'll let you know if we happen to find any. If you need some, let me know (via PM) and I might be able to share some of our custom ones.

I'll go out on a limb and say that you've probably got the datasheet with all the dimensional info on the cap itself? I got one awhile back from the website, wasn't worth crap, emailed them, got a good copy somewhere here on my drive.