Re: Help ID'ing a connector

Andre Majorel wrote:

> Eeyore  wrote:
> > Tman wrote:
> >
> >> First one, the type of connector is just like the traditional
> >> IDE or floppy drive connector on motherboards.  I need that
> >> in 10 pin, 16 pin, etc. but that basic style.  What's it
> >> called?
> >
> > It's called an IDC connector.
>
> An "IDC connector" could just as well be a 50-way micro-ribbon
> or a 3.96 mm MTA  or god knows what else... The actual family
> name of those .1" dual-row connectors is, as far as I know,
> "HE10". That won't help you with Digi-Key but you could get
> manufacturer order codes from RS Components' and Farnell's
> sites.

You're kinf of making my point for me actually. Most people I know who
talkof an 'IDC connector' in the context of computers would mean one of
that type with 0.05" pitch cable. The fact that there are so many other
types merely illustrates the problem.

And then if it's PATA 66/? /100 or 133 then it needs a 0.025" cable with
interleaved ground wires.


> >> Second type -- well you have to see a picture. Pls see
> >> http://home.comcast.net/~tman9/connectors.jpg
  I need the
> >> right thing to plug into J7, the red connector on this SBC.
> >
> > Looks like it may be a Molex brand type KK.
>
> Yep, looks like a .1" KK or MTA. The friction lock looks odd but
> it may be the photograph...

I know what you mean. After looking carefully I reckoned KK. Most likely
2.54mm pitch, but you never can tell just by looking.

Graham