[sdiy] IDC Header 'cover'

[Rutger Vlek]

Or perhaps an IDC cable connector without ribbon cable would work? Although it probably has a bulky ending for the attachment of the cable.

For VGA cables I've seen plastic caps that cover the entire male pin area. Not sure if you'd have to get them custom made, or that you can find a generic plastic cap that fits just well (I'm thinking pushbutton caps that magically have exactly the right dimensions).

Rutger


On 2 feb 2016, at 15:37, mskala at ansuz.sooke.bc.ca wrote:

> On Tue, 2 Feb 2016, Justin Owen wrote:
>> I'm looking for a part that would clip/snap/fit on and cover the pins of
>> the header above so that nothing could be plugged into it or connected
>> to it unless the 'cover' was first removed.
> 
> There's a style of connector that mates with these headers and takes
> individual wires with crimped-on contacts that snap into a housing.  If
> you just used the housing without putting any contacts and wires in it,
> that might work.  I don't know if it might be too loose to stay on without
> the spring force of the contacts gripping the pins, though.
> 
> Here's an example product:
>  http://www.mouser.dk/ProductDetail/TE-Connectivity-AMP/926476-8/
> 
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> Matthew Skala
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