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I need to build a custom electrical connection for a hobby project.
Back in the days when I used to help build cable, we had stocks of male
and female pins that we inserted into RS-232 cable terminators. I would
like to get solderable pins/recepticles of this type to make my own
connector.

What would these be called in major catalog?

It looks like www.allelectronics.com has the MALES under "MOLEX Pins",
MP-100 but not the females.

I thought "contacts" would be the right term but, Digikey e.g.,
"Contacts, see connectors" nothing under Connectors, contacts.

 

[Peter Howard]

I need to build a custom electrical connection for a hobby project.
Back in the days when I used to help build cable, we had stocks of male
and female pins that we inserted into RS-232 cable terminators. I would
like to get solderable pins/recepticles of this type to make my own
connector.

What would these be called in major catalog?

It looks like www.allelectronics.com has the MALES under "MOLEX Pins",
MP-100 but not the females.

I thought "contacts" would be the right term but, Digikey e.g.,
"Contacts, see connectors" nothing under Connectors, contacts.

I had precisely this problem the week before last when I used the last of
about 200 I had. I thought they were called Molex receptacles too.
Go to www.jaycar.com.au and search for HP1260 in the top left keyword/cat.no
box.. Click picture for an enlarged view. That's what I was looking for.
$4.25AU for a packet of 25. Ouch. They have an insulation holding ring crimp
and a further crimp to grip the bared wire. You break them off the bearer
strip. I add a tiny amount of solder and some heatshrink. Slide firmly onto
a .9mm PCB stake. This is an Australian website and you're probably not in
Australia. But if this is what you have in mind and if you are
desperate.....
PH

 

[Peter Bennett]

I need to build a custom electrical connection for a hobby project.
Back in the days when I used to help build cable, we had stocks of male
and female pins that we inserted into RS-232 cable terminators. I would
like to get solderable pins/recepticles of this type to make my own
connector.

What would these be called in major catalog?

It looks like www.allelectronics.com has the MALES under "MOLEX Pins",
MP-100 but not the females.

I thought "contacts" would be the right term but, Digikey e.g.,
"Contacts, see connectors" nothing under Connectors, contacts.

Might be called "insertable contacts" or "insertable pins/sockets".

There are many connector families that have insertable contacts -
since you mention the ones you used were in RS-232 connectors, look
for Canon or AMP D-Subminature connectors. Both makes come in
insertable-contact versions, and the insertable pins and sockets
should be listed near the connectors that they fit.



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