[sdiy] Connectors

[Scott Gravenhorst]

I have a synth project in which I need to connect some off the shelf boards together.  One of the boards has about 30 pins (0.1" spacing) in a single row while the other has several small IDC male connectors (2 rows on 5 or 6 pins, 0.1" spacing) - "male" here meaning there are metal pins inside the plastic guard/guide shell.  I've got the little crimp on headers for the IDC connectors, but I have nothing for the row of 30.

I need to connect various wires from the single row connector board to the IDC connector(s) on the other board.  It would be easiest if I could use single wires that are terminated with the female socket that will fit these pins.

I found 
http://www.digilentinc.com/Products/Catalog.cfm?NavTop=2&NavSub=395&Cat=Cable

Which _looks_ like what I want, but at almost $1.00 a wire, I'm not thrilled.  

My questions: 

1) What else are these called that I may find them elsewhere cheaper?

2) What kind of crimper and socket things would I need if I were to make these myself?

3) for the 30 pin board, could I just use something like an IDE cable and just use one row?  I know that would look pretty crappy, I'd have to separate all the wires on the cable and cut off 1/2 of them, but I think it would work.

Thanks for your help as always.



-- ScottG
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