Receptacles Make KeySwitch Hot Swapping Effortless
Mill-Max Receptacles have long been an excellent solution for making PCB components pluggable, removable, and replaceable. Mill-Max has recently developed a new series of open bottom, low profile, solder mount receptacles specifically designed to make your mechanical key switches hot-swappable. The new 3305-X is designed to be soldered into a .060” (1,50mm) minimum mounting hole, with an ultra-thin retention shoulder so plugged-in components sit nearly flush to the board surface. The open bottom design is meant to accommodate varying lead lengths making this a very versatile receptacle.
Benefits
The 3305-X series offers three length options of .105” (2,67mm), .130” (3,30mm), and .155” (3,94mm), all with an above-board height of .010” (0,25mm), providing the low profile desired for optimal switch height and functioning. And while these receptacles are compact in size, high-quality materials make these easy-to-use parts both reliable and long-lasting. Like all Mill-Max receptacles, the 3305-X series utilizes a beryllium copper contact clip to make dependable, low resistance connections with mated leads and maintain those high-quality connections after thousands of cycles (plug/unplug). The 3305-X accepts round leads of .025”-.037” (0,635-0,940mm) in diameter as well as square and rectangular leads (.019″ – .026” square) – typical of the leads found on most keyboard switches.
Applications
- PCB components pluggable, removable, and replaceable.
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PR 701 – Key Switch Hot Swapping Connectors