MicroDexed Female Header Socket Set

Description

This set of female low profile header sockets provide all the low profile female sockets that are needed to complete the MicroDexed baseboard.  It will work with either the MDT or MDTX configuration of the baseboard.

PACKAGE INCLUDES:

• Qty 2 – Header Female Low Profile 1×24
• Qty 1 – Header Female Low Profile 1×9
• Qty 1 – Header Female Low Profile 1×6
• Qty 1 – Header Female Low Profile 1×5
• Qty 1 – Header Female Low Profile 1×4
• Qty 2 – Header Female Low Profile 1×3
• Qty 2 – Header Female Low Profile 1×2

KEY FEATURES OF MICRODEXED FEMALE HEADER SOCKET SET:

The MicroDexed baseboard requires low-profile female header/sockets to achieve the overall low profile of the completed system.  The MicroDexed instructions provide a source for these sockets which come from Reichelt, but they are expensive and can be difficult to source in the USA.

To make the kit easier to build, we offer this kit of alternate female sockets which can be used instead.  The female header body is 3.5mm (0.14″) tall and the contacts and pins have gold flash plating.

This set of header sockets match the pinout of the MicroDexed baseboard including the Teensy 4.1 as shown below without requiring any cutting of the header length to make them work.

Some customers building the MicroDexed product may already have female header sockets from a kit or other source, so we offer these separately from the Teensy 4.1 for customers that still need to source suitable parts to achieve the necessary stack-up.

Due to their short plastic bodies, the long 24-pin female headers may have a slight bow to them. The plastic housing has a memory, so you cannot just bend them straight before soldering.  For best pin alignment, be sure to press the connector flat during soldering.

This is usually easiest if a pin or two on one end is soldered into the board and then the far end of the connector is pressed against the board while soldering a pin or two on that end before soldering the rest of the pins.  Alternatively the female headers can be preinstalled onto the pins on the Teensy to help hold them flat and then soldered in as an assembly.

Notes: 

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