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Tip for working with Dupont connectors: if you have N cables connecting to a pin header next to each other, then remove them from their 1x1 plastic housings and
by _Microft 2y ago
Tip for working with Dupont connectors: if you have N cables connecting to a pin header next to each other, then remove them from their 1x1 plastic housings and put all cables into a single Nx1 housing (there are very cheap sets with a couple of dozen different Nx1 and Nx2 housings each). It will almost completely prevent cables disconnecting themselves from the pin header.
Feel free to modify this as needed, e.g. by having a 6x1 connector on one side splitting into 4x1 and 2x1 on the other if that’s how the cables group. Or use a …x2 connector if the pin header has two rows like here.
You will love it, believe me.
- amelius 2y agoI just use Scotch tape :)
- talldrinkofwhat 2y agoFurthering the love, without the cursing, bent tweezers, and ruined retainer clips (getting the connectors out of the casings sometimes results in all of the above), you can purchase pre-crimped wires, then assemble as needed (https://www.pololu.com/category/299/ribbon-cable-with-pre-crimped-terminals https://www.pololu.com/category/299/ribbon-cable-with-pre-cr...).