Who has TO-5 10-pin sockets (TO-100)?

[Joerg]

A client of mine needs TO-5 10-pin sockets, often called TO-100. For
example Keystone Cat.No. 4594. They are commonly used for small VCSEL
lasers with integrated thermo-electric coolers. But not much for ICs
anymore and that seems to be the problem.

Is there a distributor that carries these old style sockets? Digikey,
Mouser, Newark, Farnell and so on are all out of stock.

 

[Ross Herbert]

A client of mine needs TO-5 10-pin sockets, often called TO-100. For
example Keystone Cat.No. 4594. They are commonly used for small VCSEL
lasers with integrated thermo-electric coolers. But not much for ICs
anymore and that seems to be the problem.

Is there a distributor that carries these old style sockets? Digikey,
Mouser, Newark, Farnell and so on are all out of stock.

Mouser catalog has them.
http://www.mouser.com/search/ProductDetail.aspx?R=10-600-11virtualkey53500000virtualkey535-10-600-11

Data sheet
http://www.arieselec.com/products/14006.pdf

 

[Ross Herbert]

Mouser catalog has them.
http://www.mouser.com/search/ProductDetail.aspx?R=10-600-11virtualkey53500000virtualkey535-10-600-11

Data sheet
http://www.arieselec.com/products/14006.pdf

I didn't notice that Mouser stock level was NIL....
However, it gives a lead.

 

[Joerg]

I didn't notice that Mouser stock level was NIL....
However, it gives a lead.

Well, that's the problem. Found them in many places but stock is always
nil :-(

At least I found a few of them on Ebay. Unfortunately the cheap stuff,
not gold-plated machined ones. If nothing works we'll hack some of the
8-pin sockets here in my lab so that five pins are left and glue the
parts together. Ugly, but functional. That won't work later in
production though.

 

[Boris Mohar]

A client of mine needs TO-5 10-pin sockets, often called TO-100. For
example Keystone Cat.No. 4594. They are commonly used for small VCSEL
lasers with integrated thermo-electric coolers. But not much for ICs
anymore and that seems to be the problem.

Is there a distributor that carries these old style sockets? Digikey,
Mouser, Newark, Farnell and so on are all out of stock.

You can order direct. Keystone Canada has them in stock

http://www.stkcheck.com/evs/keystone/keystone_results.asp

 

[Ross Herbert]

I didn't notice that Mouser stock level was NIL....
However, it gives a lead.

Aries website http://www.arieselec.com/ stock check for part 10-514-10
shows only 76 total in 2 places. Not cheap either....

Aries may be prepared to do a run if more are needed.

 

[Joerg]

A client of mine needs TO-5 10-pin sockets, often called TO-100. For
example Keystone Cat.No. 4594. They are commonly used for small VCSEL
lasers with integrated thermo-electric coolers. But not much for ICs
anymore and that seems to be the problem.

Is there a distributor that carries these old style sockets? Digikey,
Mouser, Newark, Farnell and so on are all out of stock.

Got a PM with a link to Digikey. They have the Mill-Max brand in stock.
In case someone else needs these: ED2154-ND

(Thanks, David!)

I am just wondering what Digikey did to their search engine. After their
"improvement" most of my searches end in a database error. Sometimes the
exact same search does work on the 2nd or 3rd attempt. Just found a 0603
10uF ceramic that way, attempts 1 and 2 bombed, 3rd worked. Frustrating.

 

[Joerg]

Aries website http://www.arieselec.com/ stock check for part 10-514-10
shows only 76 total in 2 places. Not cheap either....

Aries may be prepared to do a run if more are needed.

Thanks. Meantime another engineer wrote me and he found Mill-Max stock
at Digikey. $5 is expensive but right now that wouldn't have mattered.

 

[Jeff L]

Thanks. Meantime another engineer wrote me and he found Mill-Max stock
at Digikey. $5 is expensive but right now that wouldn't have mattered.

I don't know what they would be called, but you can / could buy machined
sockets in bulk for stuffing in pcb boards. You could lay out a suitable
pattern on a PCB and solder them into the plated through holes in the PCB.
They made really low profile sockets!

Also look out with intermatallics! Tin plated leads and gold sockets don't
like each other (fretting corrosion), but people commonly use gold plated
machined sockets on tin plated IC's, believing they are creating a superior
connection, when in reality, the cheap tin plated sockets would be much more
reliable. Since machined sockets (which seem to only come gold plated) tend
to be used in designs that are expensive, and are usually meant to last
awhile, this is a major problem.

 

[John Devereux]

Got a PM with a link to Digikey. They have the Mill-Max brand in
stock. In case someone else needs these: ED2154-ND

(Thanks, David!)

I am just wondering what Digikey did to their search engine. After
their "improvement" most of my searches end in a database
error. Sometimes the exact same search does work on the 2nd or 3rd
attempt. Just found a 0603 10uF ceramic that way, attempts 1 and 2
bombed, 3rd worked. Frustrating.

It's been like that for a few days now. I have been using the site
heavily during a new design. Must be costing them a lot of money.

Bugs aside, I think the search engine *is* improved. Still can't sort
on price though .

 

[Mike Harrison]

Got a PM with a link to Digikey. They have the Mill-Max brand in stock.
In case someone else needs these: ED2154-ND

(Thanks, David!)

I am just wondering what Digikey did to their search engine. After their
"improvement" most of my searches end in a database error. Sometimes the
exact same search does work on the 2nd or 3rd attempt. Just found a 0603
10uF ceramic that way, attempts 1 and 2 bombed, 3rd worked. Frustrating.

I found that as well yesterday, but found that a simple page refresh usually got the results.

 

[Mike Harrison]

It's been like that for a few days now. I have been using the site
heavily during a new design. Must be costing them a lot of money.

Bugs aside, I think the search engine *is* improved. Still can't sort
on price though .

Yes - has improved - like now being able to select 'in stock' later on in the search process.
I also really miss sort on price though, and wish they would merge all the various quantity options
into a single line - maybe with another column.

 

[Joerg]

I don't know what they would be called, but you can / could buy machined
sockets in bulk for stuffing in pcb boards. You could lay out a suitable
pattern on a PCB and solder them into the plated through holes in the PCB.
They made really low profile sockets!

Also look out with intermatallics! Tin plated leads and gold sockets don't
like each other (fretting corrosion), but people commonly use gold plated
machined sockets on tin plated IC's, believing they are creating a superior
connection, when in reality, the cheap tin plated sockets would be much more
reliable. Since machined sockets (which seem to only come gold plated) tend
to be used in designs that are expensive, and are usually meant to last
awhile, this is a major problem.

These will be used with wires soldered to them. We'll go for gold
because the laser pins are mostly also gold-plated.

 

[Joerg]

It's been like that for a few days now. I have been using the site
heavily during a new design. Must be costing them a lot of money.

Bugs aside, I think the search engine *is* improved. Still can't sort
on price though .

I liked the old one better. Sorting by price is the major milestone
they've missed with the change. It's a serious hassle, especially since
most sites like Digikey don't let you select "show all". TI does, so
guess who gets a lot of business via me ;-)

 

[Spehro Pefhany]

I liked the old one better. Sorting by price is the major milestone
they've missed with the change. It's a serious hassle, especially since
most sites like Digikey don't let you select "show all". TI does, so
guess who gets a lot of business via me ;-)

I think they got rid of that bug where you had to select "in stock" at
the beginning or it would ignore it. That's a big help.


Best regards,
Spehro Pefhany

 

[Joerg]

I think they got rid of that bug where you had to select "in stock" at
the beginning or it would ignore it. That's a big help.

But they seem to have put a whole lot of other bugs into it in the
process. IMHO they should spend the money for an EE consultant who
actually tests it and tells them right there what's wrong.

 

[Spehro Pefhany]

But they seem to have put a whole lot of other bugs into it in the
process. IMHO they should spend the money for an EE consultant who
actually tests it and tells them right there what's wrong.

Where could they find such a person?


Best regards,
Spehro Pefhany

 

[Joerg]

Where could they find such a person?

Here on s.e.d. ))

 

[Terry Given]

Here on s.e.d. ))

but surely they'd end up picking Phil?

Cheers
Terry

 

[Michael A. Terrell]

but surely they'd end up picking Phil?

Even worse. Homer.


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