Connector press

A method for adjusting an amount that a press presses a connector into a circuit board, the method comprising:

• displaying a slider bar on a user interface, the slider bar representing a pressing force based threshold;
• receiving an adjusted pressing force based threshold from the user interface via the slider bar;
• determining a press force;
• and
• causing platen motion to stop if the determined press force is greater than the adjusted pressing force based threshold.

A method for adjusting an amount that a press presses a connector into a circuit board, the method comprising:

• receiving an indication that a pressing platen has been positioned at a position wherein the connector is pressed in the circuit board;
• determining a value corresponding to the connector pressed position;
• and
• storing the determined value upon receiving the indication that the pressing platen has been positioned at the connector pressed position.

A method for pressing a plurality of connectors into a circuit board, the method comprising:

• determining a plurality of connector types to be pressed into the circuit board;
• determining a quantity of each of the plurality of connector types to be pressed into the circuit board;
• determining a pressing force based threshold for each of the connector types;
• and
• determining a total force based threshold based upon the determined quantities and the determined pressing force based thresholds for each of the connectors types.

A computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions stored thereon for adjusting an amount that a press presses a connector into a circuit board, the computer-executable instructions when executed on a processor, causing the processor to perform:

• receiving an indication that a pressing platen has been positioned at a position wherein the connector is pressed in the circuit board;
• determining a value corresponding to the connector pressed position;
• and
• storing the determined value upon receiving the indication that the pressing platen has been positioned at the connector pressed position.

A computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions stored thereon for pressing a plurality of connectors into a circuit board, the computer-executable instructions when executed on a processor, causing the processor to perform:

• determining a plurality of connector types to be pressed into the circuit board;
• determining a quantity of each of the plurality of connector types to be pressed into the circuit board;
• determining a pressing force based threshold for each of the connector types;
• and
• determining a total force based threshold based upon the determined quantities and the determined pressing force based thresholds for each of the connectors types.

An apparatus for simultaneously pressing a first connector having a first connector height and a second connector having a second connector height into a circuit board, the apparatus comprising:

• a platen;
• a first fixture coupled to the platen, the first fixture having a first fixture height such that first connector height and the first fixture height sum to a predefined height;
• and
• a second fixture coupled to the platen, the second fixture having a second fixture height such that second connector height and the second fixture height sum to about the predefined height, whereby the first and second connectors can be simultaneously pressed into the circuit board.