Hi Rich!

This connector does have compliant pins, but AMP (Tyco) calls them "Action
Pins".
Here's the datasheet:

 http://catalog.tycoelectronics.com/TE/docs/pdf/7/49/222947.pdf

The holes in the board are what the datasheet calls out for that connector, I
just got through checking the gerber. Everything is set-up perfectly to press
it, and forget it!
(where have I heard that before? Ron Popeil?...oh no, it's set-it, and
fah-get it!)

But we're still gonna press and solder the darn thing in because that's what
the customer wants, and we ARE all about customer satisfaction.

-Steve Gregory-


> I think it is important to note that, as most of us know, compliant pin
> technology is not designed to be soldered.  All pressfit connections are
> not compliant - some pressfit connections are designed with retention
> features that are there only to enable a good soldered connection.
> Connections designed for compliant pins which have proper drilled hole
> size, and proper plating should never have to be soldered.  It's when these
> factors are not met that suppliers and customers have to discuss either
> scrapping the board or soldering the compliant connections and accept the
> risks associated with that decision. After having spent many years working
> for the worlds's largest connector manufacturer, I never heard of a failure
> caused by an "unsoldered" compliant pin.
>



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