[sdiy] Parts for shields

[Matthew Smith]

Quoth Dan Snazelle at 13/11/11 13:14...
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> 1. Female headers as used on arduino shields or on arduino for plugging shields or pins into
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> 2. Colored wires with single male pins attached for connecting to those same header rows.
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> Sparkfun carries these items but they are expensive...i am looking for these in large quantities

I think you may be able to save a few $$$ if you aren't averse to a 
gender change. (Ooh, er!)

Female 0.1" headers ain't cheap. The best I've found are on eBay, in 
pairs with male ones (which you don't have to use.) I cut them down with 
sidecutters (you generally lose one position doing this) then finish 
them off with a file.

But if you can work with a male header and female patch leads, the male 
headers are available on eBay nice'n'cheap, and there are a few vendors 
selling 40-way ribbon cable terminated in individual female connectors. 
  (I believe that Seeedstudio also carries the latter.)

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