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Home Product Categories Connectors PRT-00116
Break Away Headers - Straight
sku: PRT-00116
Description: A row of headers - break to fit. 40 pins that can be cut to any size. Used with custom PCBs or general custom headers.
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Comments 35 comments
what is the thickness of the pins?
It is probably 22 gauge, as that is the thickness of breadboard wire. The diameter of 22 gauge wire is 0.0254 inches. Source: http://www.engineeringtoolbox.com/awg-wire-gauge-d_731.html
I can buy these for 50 cents for a row of 36 at a local store. Sure, you have to make money to stay afloat, but isn’t $2.50 a bit steep? $1.50 would be at least somewhat more reasonable, although I still wouldn’t buy them for that price. With all the stuff SparkFun is getting from China, you’d think that you could get simple headers for a bit less…
It -is- $1.50.
I must agree, at least a better bulk rate I need like 10 strips, adafruit sells 10- 36 pin for 75 cents each(10x7.50$) but I need the female ones too, that they dont carry.. but its funny you both carry the touch screen breakout board.. I’d rather pay around 1.50$ each for a american made one elsewhere..
Customer Request: Please add a country origin to your products description, I prefer to buy american made parts when I can, followed by not made in china..
Due too ever increasing demands and threats by the chinese government from controlling of raw, rare earth minerals, political pressure/demands, and because it supports its governmental control of its people. I’m sure many people here agree everything is coming from china.. I understand not everything can be american, but I’m avoiding buying products imported china.. I dont even regularly shop at walmart. I’ve shopped at a walmart 2-3 times a year totaling to less than 1,000$ in 5 years.instead I drive twice as far to shop.
I must disagree with complaints that these are overpriced. SparkFun is a hobbyist’s dream company, developing boards, prototyping stuff, and giving great advice. It’s fair that the should charge more, because they do add value.
If I needed 10,000 units, I doubt I would think of sparkfun. But if I need < 10 units to finish a board or project, I’m just as happy getting them from SparkFun as going around shopping for the best deals. When shipping costs are taken into account, it’s easy to get these parts thrown into the same box with my SpeakJet shield, and still come out ahead.
So carry on, SparkFun!
Rare earth metals are not that rare. There are a number of places that could be mined. But nobody but the Chinese has bothered to mine them. This gave China the power to set their own price. It’s just business son.
I actually agree with razburn and Ed to some degree. I do my best to buy American when available. At the same time I like to save a buck if so if I order from Jameco, I may ad a couple of parts that are indeed cheaper than Sparkfun. At the same time I will do the same when ordering from Sparkfun and throw in a couple of other parts I needed even though more expensive. I enjoy doing business with these guys and the info they have here makes supporting them worthwhile.
I command you to come back in stock.
Are These Breadboard compatible? I want to make PCBs that fit on my breadboard
Yes, these headers are spaced at 0.1 inches, the same spacing as on a breadboard.
The spacing is compatible with breadboard, but I have found that they do not stay in the bread board very well because of their length
what the long end goes in the breadboard the short end in the cable they come off the cable first if you do it like that
Connectors require longer pins than the short end provides.
these are for soldering to pcb, not plug connectors. for plugs, you could try the long pin version and slide the plastic down some
What is the drill size for these? I have a board mill and I’m not sure what kind of bit I should buy. Help!
I bought 10 of this in a eletronics store at Brazil, and cost me $1
And…?
These really should be cheaper.
A buck at most…
I’m guessing you’ve never shopped at mouser or digikey before. This is actually a really good deal.
I agree. Headers with gold finish on both ends of the plastic are pretty rare and you won’t find them cheaper on digikey or mouser. If you want non-ROHS tin headers they can be found for cheaper. As you pointed out, a good deal (for quality headers)
How about offering the tin headers also? I’d pay $0.50 to $1. I don’t need gold pins in a prototype. Certainly not at this price.
oh, you want it for $1? here: http://www.pololu.com/catalog/product/965
Nice. I’ll probably do some of my shopping there since I don’t care about such things as ROHS compliance for hobby work.
Follow up to this: got these headers from Pololu and as far as I can tell they’re exactly the same.
Any chance we can get a bigger pack of them? Or maybe a bundle of three for $5? I use these things like they’re candy to a 5 year old, I order some and by lunch time they’re all gone, haha.
I use these headers all the time. As mentioned, a larger pack for $1.50 would be more reasonable… at least several at that price. I honestly don’t buy them here. I only pay $0.19 each for these 40-pin headers (packs of 10 for $1.90). But SparkFun makes it sooo easy to buy everything at once… so it’s a trade-off! ;–)
Once I have, say, 4 pins sticking out of my board, where do I get the parts to make a connector that I can plug into my board?
You could use individual jumper wires, and we also carry 4-pin jumpers in several lengths.
Great! Thanks!
Get them for $0.25 from here: http://atomsofttech.com/shop/index.php?route=product/product&path=60_62&product_id=76
damn… I bought 5 of these things for 20 cents on another website. You guys are expensive but do a bang up job of service and shipping!!!! I like sparkfun
These do not fit into breadboard sold here PRT-00137, where can I find headers that do?
Ummmm they do fit, just push.
Any chance of finding just the black nylon spacer in the middle of the header?
I recently saw a Parallax LCD kit with two rows of the black spacers between the two PCBs and wish I had been able to do that when I put together my SparkFun Serial Enabled LCD kit.