RE: Recommendations for single row pin headers

Are you soldering the bottom side and then cutting the female part of the header off the top side?

 

Jeff_Birt (Hey Birt!)

 

From: Pasi Lassila <pasi.lassila_at_gmail.com> 
Sent: Tuesday, August 6, 2019 10:13 AM
To: cbm-hackers_at_musoftware.de
Subject: Re: Recommendations for single row pin headers

 

I have used long pin female headers for the latest projects.

https://i.imgur.com/FXn0GGW.jpg

 

They work better than the round machined pins.

 

-Pasi

 

On Tue, Aug 6, 2019, 18:00 Jeffrey Birt <birt_j_at_soigeneris.com <mailto:birt_j_at_soigeneris.com> > wrote:

Hello all,

 

While I’m waiting for a few PCBs to show up I’m looking at various single row 0.1” pitch pin headers. The PCB is a DF0/DF1 switch adapter PCB for an Amiga. You pull the odd CIA and plug the adapter board in its place and then the CIA plugs into the adapter.  The pin header will be used to go from adapter PCB to the socket on the Amiga PCB.

 

I have noticed over the years that some types of pins work much better than others. What I have on hand is the standard square cut pin which is not suitable. A lot of folks will use machine pins which seem to work though I’ve had some that really don’t fit snugly in IC sockets.

 

With the project description out of the way the question is do you all have a favorite type of header for this purpose? If so would you mind sharing a part number?

 

Thanks,

Jeff_Birt (Hey Birt!)