Need Help? + $ USD sparkfun coo LEARN AVG FORUM DATA DW 0 LOG IN REGISTER START A PROJECT PRODUCTS BLOG TUTORIALS VIDEOS WISH LISTS DISTRIBUTORS SUPPORT search... New Products HOME PRODUCT CATEGORIES CONNECTORS FEMALE HEADERS Top Sellers Female Headers PRT-00115 ROHSY BD 5 Open Hardware SparkFun Originals Visit the Emporium! Description: Single row of 40-holes, female header. Can be cut to size with a pair of wire-cutters. Standard .1" spacing. We use them extensively in the Olimex development boards. They mate very well with break away male headers. Actobotics Sale Gift Certificates a Please note: You will probably lose one pin with each cut. Arduino + Features: Audio Receptacle Style: Square Books Pi / Number of Pins: 40 Breakout Boards Pin Spacing: 0.1" (2.54 mm) Cables + Receptacle Depth: 6 mm ) images are CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 Components + Development Tools + Dings and Dents Educators GPS + Intel Edison lor . Skills Kits LCDs + Prototyping - 1 Batteries Boards Connectors Enclosures General Recommended Products Programmers + Sockets PAGE 1 OF 6 Solar Wire Raspberry Pi Robotics + < - Sensors + Cle) ce mea Swag SPARKFUN RECOMMENDED P SPARKFUN RECOMMENDED SPARKFUN RECOMMENDED SPARKFUN RECOMMENDED Break Away Headers - SparkFun Transceiver Solderless Headers - 10- Break Away Headers - Straight Breakout - RS-485 pin Straight Long Wearables + @ PRT-00114 @ BOB-10124 PRT-10527 @ PRT-10158 Tools + Widgets Wireless + Retired + Seasem 46 Be REVIEWS & & & & i & Customer Reviews 4outof5 Based on 5 ratings: o Star 4 star eee 3 Star ? Star oS nm 1 star 2 of 2 found this helpful: Not break-away, but still good. about 11 months ago by prowin You can cut these with wire-cutters, but it's nearly impossible to do so without sacrificing one of the headers in the process. | typically just cut straight through one of the header pins so the other pins are untouched. # of 2 found this helpful: Non-breakable female header, but still worth it about 11 months ago by sgrace These headers are great if you have 40 1/O to use, but when it comes to smaller, they are more difficult. In a project at my last company, | used these to melt power and LEDs to a protoboard and they are not easy to work with. Luckily | didn't need all 40 pins. Suggestion: When breaking them apart, take a pin out, heat up an X-acto knife and then cut where you pulled the pin out. Got the job done about 10 months ago by Member #626215 | purchased the header at the same time | purchased the spectrum shield. It was easy to cut and worked out good. Note the short pins about 7 months ago by Brad10 These are great female headers, but be aware: if you want to stack your boards you might want to instead buy something like the Arduino Stackable headers (https://www-.sparkfun.com/products/10007). The Arduino stackable headers have longer pins so you can... wait for it... stack boards that use them. Handy for prototyping about 9 months ago by Madbodger These are deep sockets that accept long or square pins, so they work well with male pin headers. They can be cut to length to form custom sockets for odd parts, unusual pinouts, breakout boards with pin headers on them, or anything you want to elevate some to clear components underneath. The insertion force isn't too high, so it's easy to plug a lot of pins into these at once when need be. | cut at a pin (losing that pin) to avoid breaking the plastic around another pin. This leaves a rough end, but that's easily touched up with a file or emery board if you want a nicer looking end or need to fit right next to something. SHARING | re SUBSCRIBE TO NEWSLETTER INGENUITY Email Address SparkFun is an online retail store that sells the bits and pieces to make your What's on your mind? electronics projects possible. Whether it's a robot that can cook your breakfast or a GPS cat tracking device, our products and resources are designed to make the world of electronics more accessible. In addition to products, SparkFun also offers classes and online tutorials to help educate individuals in the wonderful world of embedded electronics. About Us Help For which department? About SparkFun Customer Service General . sparkFun Education shipping EY mys ae ao Policy Please include your email address if you'd like us to respond to a specific pps question. Contact Chat With Us ri Sai rE Programs Community i! | email address Educator Discount Forum Partner with SparkFun SparkFun IRC Channel SUBMIT Tell Us About Your Project Take the SparkFun Quiz Sell Your Widget on SparkFun SparkFun Kickstarter Projects Become a SparkFun Distributor Distributors SparkFun Electronics / Niwot, Colorado | Customer Service / Site Map / Terms of Service / Privacy Policy