IC Socket Sleeves

prusaprinters

<p>I have a ton of sockets for my projects. &nbsp;I needed a 14 pin socket, but I had to hunt through my container of sockets, pushing aside socket after socket only to find out I don't have any 14 pin sockets. &nbsp;Some of the sockets in the container had bent pins, and it was hard to tell if some were 16 or 18. &nbsp;And don't get me started on my old eyes looking at the little numbers!</p><p>So I designed this parametric socket sleeve. &nbsp;It holds a set of 10 sockets inserted into each other in a giant stack and comes with a lid with the number of pins embossed in it.</p><p>There are two parameters--the number of pins, and “wideSocket”. &nbsp;wideSocket is 1 for 0.6 inch sockets and 0 for 0.3 inch sockets.</p><p>If you have the <a href="https://apps.autodesk.com/FUSION/en/Detail/Index?id=2114937992453312456&amp;appLang=en&amp;os=Win64&amp;autostart=true#">ParametricText </a>plugin for Fusion 360 (it's free!), updating the pins parameter will update the number on the lid. &nbsp;If you don't have it, you will have to manually update the text on the top--It's in the lid component in a sketch called text.</p><p>The lid is put on with the popular filament hinge. &nbsp;Slide a scrap piece of 1.75mm filament in the hinge, and a drop of CA glue on either side, and the hinge is set.</p><p>I've added 3mf files for 8, 14, 16, 18, 20 and 28 pin narrow sockets and 28 and 40 pin wide sockets.</p>