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Connecting a project board to an external bread board

Buck RogersBuck Rogers Posts: 2,178
edited 2013-02-06 18:25 in BASIC Stamp
Hello!
This is a repeating problem, and I found this solution for the headers on these project boards when the hosted breadboard is too small. I use the cables that were originally sold to connect sound cards to CD/DVD Rom drives:
http://www.jameco.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Product_10001_10001_127546_-1 that cable is similar to the one now in use. And this one resembles the next one up:

http://www.jameco.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Product_10001_10001_168613_-1

The big problem is the specialty connector displayed in black. I'll probably need to wire a breakout board to support it, and using the matching break away header.

Comments

  • NWCCTVNWCCTV Posts: 3,629
    edited 2013-02-05 18:25
    Funny, Those "Specialty" connectors years ago were standard cables included with a lot of various OEM CD-ROM Drives. I think I have several of them around somewhere.
  • PJAllenPJAllen Banned Posts: 5,065
    edited 2013-02-06 16:12
    SIP headers and the servo extension cables (available from Parallax) work great for this.
    [And why bother with the useless funny/JST connector appendage anyway?]
  • Buck RogersBuck Rogers Posts: 2,178
    edited 2013-02-06 18:25
    PJ Allen wrote: »
    SIP headers and the servo extension cables (available from Parallax) work great for this.
    [And why bother with the useless funny/JST connector appendage anyway?]

    Hello!
    Because that's the style I chose. I have other regular cables, but those at the time were long enough.
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