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Title: Molex connectors
Post by: Its_Friday on March 23, 2009, 05:38:59 PM

Where do i purchase male molex connectors or just the pins themselves?

Title: Re: Molex connectors
Post by: Soeren on March 23, 2009, 05:45:43 PM

Hi,

In most well assorted electronics shops and where PC modders gets their stuff.

Title: Re: Molex connectors
Post by: Its_Friday on March 23, 2009, 05:51:20 PM

how about those small molex pins on microcontrollers?

Title: Re: Molex connectors
Post by: Razor Concepts on March 23, 2009, 05:59:30 PM

Male ones are called pin headers, molex refers to the female socket.

Title: Re: Molex connectors
Post by: Its_Friday on March 23, 2009, 06:31:51 PM

i am having a bit of trouble finding the pin headers similar to those found on the axon microcontroller :/

Title: Re: Molex connectors
Post by: Metal Slug 2 on March 23, 2009, 07:23:38 PM

you can buy them at:

www.mouser.com (http://)      or

www.digikey.com (http://)

or any similar electronics store.

Title: Re: Molex connectors
Post by: Its_Friday on March 24, 2009, 03:33:16 PM

i'm finding it neigh impossible to find 1 1mm pin, or rows of 3 1mm pins>_<

Title: Re: Molex connectors
Post by: chelmi on March 24, 2009, 04:06:45 PM

Quote from: Its_Friday on March 24, 2009, 03:33:16 PM

i'm finding it neigh impossible to find 1 1mm pin, or rows of 3 1mm pins>_<

You buy a row of 40 and use a plier to snap them off at desired length!

Title: Re: Molex connectors
Post by: Its_Friday on March 24, 2009, 04:13:50 PM

i can't even find those:(

Title: Re: Molex connectors
Post by: Razor Concepts on March 24, 2009, 04:15:05 PM

1mm is not the standard header. Standard headers are 0.1 inches or 2.54 millimeter spacing.

Title: Re: Molex connectors
Post by: Its_Friday on March 24, 2009, 04:31:42 PM

silly me, i was measuring the diameter of the pin itself instead of the base xD