Female stacking headers with square pins? - Page 1
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author: Lomax
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: August 29, 2017, 11:32:46 pm
content: I'm in need of a 2x13 0.1" pitch female header with tall pins - tall enough that they can pass through one PCB and still be long enough to reliably mate withanotherfemale header. This is a familiar problem; I've been here before. Many times. I have bought headers from different suppliers and different manufacturers, but they are always the wrong type - unusable due to having flat, flimsy, rectangular pins, rather than thesquareshape required to make good contact. I have dozens of them. I have spent hours troubleshooting intermittent failures, only to find that, ah yes, those damn headers don't work properly. If anyone can help me find a source for good quality female stacking headers withsquarepins I'll give you the ones I have as a reward.

author: Smokey
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 29, 2017, 11:36:30 pm
content: https://www.samtec.com/solutionatorI'd like my reward in pennies please.

author: Lomax
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: August 29, 2017, 11:59:46 pm
content: Quote from: Smokey on August 29, 2017, 11:36:30 pmIf you had any idea how many pennies I have. Keep putting them in pickle jars and never get around to taking them to get changed. Very handy when you need something heavy!There's a problem though, and it's my fault for not being clear: I'm looking for a supplier in the UK or at least EU - need them pronto!

author: Lomax
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: August 30, 2017, 12:24:04 am
content: To illustrate:

author: Smokey
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 30, 2017, 01:27:43 am
content: You doubt the mighty Samtec??? They next day free samples of just about ANY configuration in the states. Pretty sure you can get what you need from them quick.Not sure how tall you need them. Check out the MTSW Series. Something like MTSW-113-28-G-D-125http://suddendocs.samtec.com/catalog_english/mtsw.pdferr... you said female.. one moment please...

author: Smokey
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 30, 2017, 01:38:56 am
content: SSQ Series or ESQ SeriesSSQ-113-24-G-D =https://www.samtec.com/products/ssq-113-24-g-dSeriously... pennies...

author: Lomax
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: August 30, 2017, 02:12:39 am
content: Quote from: Smokey on August 30, 2017, 01:27:43 amNot at all! Looks like a great supplier! But I doubt they could get me those headers before the weekend, without me paying an outrageous shipping fee. For some headers.But.Your tip proved very valuable indeed - not only did you locate pretty much exactly the part I was looking for, but very helpfully it said on the page that it was a "Tiger Buy" product. Armed with a brand name it was almost too easy to find a company here in the UK who sell them - and what a company!Toby, where have you been all my life!? Absolutely incredible catalogue, and all available to order straight from the site. I mean wow, just look at their"board to board connectors" section. Almost brings a tear to my eye, I swear. WHY HAVE I NOT HEARD ABOUT THIS COMPANY BEFORE!?

author: Smokey
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 30, 2017, 02:34:17 am
content: Take it back! Samtec doesn't rebrand/resell!Sounds like they are a Samtec distributor. Either way you order them I bet they are coming from the same factoryhttp://www.electronics-sourcing.com/2012/12/05/toby-secures-top-distributor-design-in-award-from-samtec/I actually feel a bit of jealousy here. No one ever find anything useful when I ask for stuff on the forum!

author: Alex Eisenhut
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 30, 2017, 02:53:33 am
content: Quote from: Lomax on August 30, 2017, 02:12:39 amDon't worry, I've never heard of them before either.

author: Monkeh
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 30, 2017, 08:22:40 am
content: Toby are pretty awesome, I've dropped their name here once or twice before. Some otherwise awkward to find parts.

author: Lomax
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: August 30, 2017, 09:29:37 am
content: Quote from: Smokey on August 30, 2017, 02:34:17 amI do apologise, unreservedly, for any suggestion that Samtec are anything other thanthe#1 maker of, um, these useful thingsI'm learning something here! It's just that "Tiger Buy" sounded so much like some Asian brand that I immediately assumed... A natural assumption these days, no? BTW, did you know that "LG Electronics" really are "Lucky-Goldstar Electronics? I can see why they prefer the "LG" moniker.

author: Lomax
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: August 30, 2017, 10:05:35 am
content: I have now ordered £50 worth of 2.54mm pitch pin headers, spacers and sockets of every possible variety from Toby - including those elusive 2x13 female stacking headers I was looking for. Should keep me pinned for a while!