Re: [Gumstix-users] breakout-gs header size

[Jay P. <ja...@bl...>]

Dave
	You are correct, I just pulled the number out of memory :D hehehe  Thanks for 
clearing this up, just hated to order the wrong thing (again).

Thanks as always,
-Jay


On Thursday 07 September 2006 13:28, Dave Hylands wrote:
> Hi Jay,
>
> On 9/7/06, Jay Petersen <ja...@bl...> wrote:
> > I'm trying to figure out what size header I should get to attach some
> > RS232 shifters to the breakout-gs.  I have been trolling through the mail
> > list archive and have found some posts on the subject but am just not
> > real clear about them.
> >
> > Specifically this one from Dave:
> >
> > "DigiKey H2181-ND is the 4 pin female housing
> > H3307-ND is the 4 pin male header (solders to the breakout-gs)
> > Search for H4BXG to find preassembled wire with connectors which fit
> > the female housing
> > The wires are 2-12 inches long, available in a variety of colors, and
> > 28 or 30 gauge."
> >
> > So, I should order the H2181-ND for the female side, and the H3307-ND for
> > the male side from digikey?  What confuses me is that there is a
> > reference to H4BXG which seems to come preassembled with wire which is
> > what I want, but I do a search and get 220 matches.
>
> The reason for 220 (actually I get 240 matches) is because there are 8
> different wire lengths, 10 different wire colors and 3 different wire
> gauges (8x10x3 = 240)
>
> For example: H4BXG-10106-A1-ND is Orange, 30 gauge wire, 6" wire with
> the appropriate "thingy" crimped onto the end of the wire to plug into
> one of the compatible hirose connectors.
>
> You can see more by looking at these pages from the Digikey catalog:
> http://dkc3.digikey.com/PDF/T063/0091.pdf
> http://dkc3.digikey.com/PDF/T063/0092.pdf
>
> > Anyone just have a part number handy for the male and female side with
> > the wires attached that I can then solder off to other devices like the
> > shifter? Sorry if this is a stupid question, but the hardware side is
> > sort of new to me.
>
> The H4BXG wires just snap into the female connector.