Connectors for pcb pin headers?

SexieWASD

I need to make a 10pin cable for connecting a uOLED-96-PROP display with anouther board (that I have yet to make). I have searched google, and digikey but haven't found the connectors that I need.

I don't know what they are called, so I don't really know what to search for. I need socket with ten connectors and 0.1" pitch. Just like a servo connector but with more pins, the same type used in pc's to connect front panel audio. The headers are easy enough to find, parallax even sells them, but not the connectors (un-crimped).

I have scavenged a few old pc's I have laying around, but the wires are not long enough, and I failed at de-crimping the sockets, I spent a good two hours trying though.

Does anyone know what they are called, or who makes/sells them?

WBA Consulting

Here's what I use for 0.100" headers:

Molex's line of C-Grid and SL series connectors. For example, look at Digikey P/N WM2908-ND. The crimp terminals used for these housings can be crimped by hand with the universal Molex tool. ($50 at Digikey, WM9999-ND) In a bind, they can also be crimped sufficiently with needle nose pliers or even soldered.

From AMP, I like using the AMP MTA-100 series of connectors. These are IDC style (insulation displacement) so the "crimp" terminal is embedded in the connector. They are very easy to use with headers and one tool will work with several gauges of wire. The MTA-100 connectors come in 2 to 28 positions, so they are very versatile. The tooling is about $200 (one handle and the 0.100 head) but once you get past the initial cost, it makes it worth it each time you use it.
Example 10 pin connector: 4-641191-0-ND
Handle: A2031-ND
Crimp Head: A1998-ND

You can also use Tyco's connector picture search to help find connectors visually. www.tycoelectronics.com/picturesearch/.

Hope that's helpful.

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Andrew Williams
WBA Consulting
IT / Web / PCB / Audio

SexieWASD

That was more than helpful! I really like the tyco picture search, I think that it will be one of my favorite bookmarks now.
Thank you.

pacman

Excellent link WBA, thanks heaps for that.

Don't know if this is any help, but something I've done before is use the D9 serial connector cables from computers (they typically have 10 pin {2 x 5}) females on one end and the D9 on the other).

Then just cut off the D9, strip and splice some extension cables on the ends (heat shrink is your friend here). I find trying to de-crimp plugs/sockets is a painstaking exercise and very rarely works

Of course that implies you can use 2x5 pin arrangements, not 1x10...

I've even once used 3 connectors (using the 'top' row of 5 on each) on a 20 pin header (1x20), Luckily I didn't need to use a couple of pins. It was rough as guts, gut it got me by until I could source the correct sockets.

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