Using a component on a breadboard and with PCB

[zack]

I have the picaxe 28 proto board which comes with male headers for all inputs and outputs.

If I have a component like this one which comes with the wires, what connector should I attach so that I can use this with the 28x board with male headers and a breadboard which has sockets? 



If I attach a molex female socket to the end of the wires, I can't use it with a breadboard.  If I attach a male connector, I can use it on a breadboard, but not with the male headers on the Picaxe 28x board...

How do you get around this?  Any clever way of solving this?

[airman00]

as a matter of fact I have that component , IR transmitter/reciever right? wat are u using for ( curious)

so what I would do is put a female MOLEX connector and then make a female to male adapter ( or buy one) or just find a long enough small piece of conductor to stick in the hole( think paperclip metal)

[krich]

On some male headers you can slide the black plastic down just far enough to use them to plug in and make contact on both sides.  This is what I do to get from female to female (e.g. 0.1" housing to breadboard).