Pin Header Plug Name - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: metrologist
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 27, 2017, 08:25:10 pm
content: IS there a formal name for the 2.54mm pitch female header plug? We make a USB-A to 5-pin female cable and people don't seem to understand what the 5-pin side of the cable is, so we would like to use a more descriptive name for it.Thanks

author: mariush
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 27, 2017, 08:32:31 pm
content: Some call them dupont connectors.- copy paste from another forum post -molex sl70066 housings :http://www.digikey.com/products/en?FV=ffec148bcontactshttp://www.digikey.com/product-detail/en/molex-llc/16-02-0069/WM2562CT-ND/1656204ORhttp://www.digikey.com/product-detail/en/molex-llc/0016020086/WM2510CT-ND/467802te connectivity ampmodu mte housing/contactshttp://www.digikey.com/products/en?FV=ffec1135,ffe0013cand just housingshttp://www.digikey.com/products/en?FV=ffec1135,ffe0013fHarwin M20 housinghttp://www.digikey.com/products/en?FV=ffec2a3a,ffe0013fand contactshttp://www.digikey.com/product-detail/en/harwin-inc/M20-1160042/952-2157-1-ND/3728122orhttp://www.digikey.com/product-detail/en/harwin-inc/M20-1180046/952-2159-ND/3728125Amphenol FCI DUBOX if you like blue housingshttp://www.digikey.com/products/en?FV=ffec0f0f,ffe0013fcontactshttp://www.digikey.com/product-detail/en/amphenol-fci/76347-301LF/609-3055-2-ND/1527059orhttp://www.digikey.com/product-detail/en/amphenol-fci/76357-401LF/609-1276-ND/1001590HiRose A2 housingshttp://www.digikey.com/products/en?FV=ffec38a7,ffe0013f

author: metrologist
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 27, 2017, 09:19:10 pm
content: I'm going to blame engineer mentality. He wants a name for the plug so he can google it and see an image of the plug, and no others*...*and who needs an explanation of this silly asterisk? Would you expect a degree'd engineer to question these two asterisks and make a silly comment like there is no note to which these two asterisks refer!Anyway, there may be a name for the plastic molded shape, like I recall the plug on my old floppy drive had some sort of key. I'll have to look up our supplier number.Thanks

author: jpanhalt
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 27, 2017, 09:36:17 pm
content: DigiKey, by inference, refers to them as "mating connector."You might go further to "female, unshrouded (if appropriate) connector," x-positions loaded.John

author: mariush
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 27, 2017, 09:55:40 pm
content: The floppy disk connectors are called Berg connectors :https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berg_connectorSome also call them LP4

author: DavidDLC
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: March 27, 2017, 10:00:43 pm
content: Quote from: metrologist on March 27, 2017, 09:19:10 pmInstead of the name, send a link of the picture.David DLC

author: metrologist
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 27, 2017, 10:01:22 pm
content: Another engineer said they are a HC5 header (what we are using).I see the board, which just has 5 pins. I have not seen the cable. I tried looking up HC5 and everything seems to show up,

author: jpanhalt
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 27, 2017, 10:10:50 pm
content: The problem with calling them"Berg" connectors is that that is a particular brand of female contact. There are other manufacturers. Also some use an indent manner for contact retention in the housing and some use a barb. There are also IDC versions that are not usually made by Berg.John

author: PointyOintment
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: March 28, 2017, 09:53:59 am
content: If I am thinking of the right thing, they are compatible with/the same family as what eBay sellers and cheap Chinese stores call "DuPont connectors" and everyone else calls "header connectors".