Here is a method for connecting STAMP AppMods to SX Dev boards

Tony Leyland

Hi,

In case anyone is interested in using STAMP AppMods with their SX Dev boards (or any other
type of breadboard system for that matter), please see the attached photos which shows what may
be done to allow this.

It's purpose is to widen the spacing between the 2 columns of pins to allow it to connect to
a breadboard (as show in the last photo).

Cheers
Tony

John Kauffman

I've been trying to solve this myself. I've ordered some of the above. This will also be useful when the device is a few cm away and I use a ribbon cable to come back to the board.

But there is a missing part to the story. Some PCB devices (or ribbon cables) end in female sockets. So you need a male-to-male strip of header pins to connect to the model shown in your photo. Or, if you are lucky and your device is SINGLE-row female, you need the male-to-male to connect your device directly to the breadboard (no need to span the middle channel with the device above).

Lots of male-male header pins are avaialbe. BUT - one side is very short, intended to be soldered to a PCB. These stubby pins do not grasp into a female socket.

I am having a very tough time finding header strips with male pins where BOTH sides are long (0.6 inches). Parallax sells a three-pin model for use with servos-to-breadboard. But I'd like 12-20 pin sizes. Another vendor has a model with stubby on one side and 12 mm (double long) on the other - I ordered some and will try to pound them through the plastic to get 6 mm on each side.

I've contacted the header strip vendors on eBay and they say they understand, but don't encounter these very often.

I've also contacted Digikey and Jameco but haven't gotten a reply yet.

Tony Leyland

Hi John,

I've been looking through the major electronics suppliers here in the UK:-

RS Components: http://rswww.com
Farnell InOne: http://www.farnell.com/
Rapid Electronics: http://www.rapidelectronics.co.uk

If you enter this code (277-9742) on the RS Components site it might be what you are looking for (or can adapt it).
They appear to have a presence in most countries of the world.

Hope this helps,
Cheers
Tony