Headers & Connectors

SKU: AF-2202 | Brand: Adafruit

IC sockets let you insert and remove chips easily from assembled kits and projects — no desoldering required. Solder the socket into your PCB or protoboard, then simply press the chip in when you're ready. Swap chips ...

SKU: AF-4079 | Brand: Adafruit

This 2×20 female socket riser header features slightly longer-than-standard pins, adding extra height between your Raspberry Pi and any HAT, Bonnet, or pHAT mounted on top. This additional clearance helps boards clear...

SKU: AF-4048 | Brand: Adafruit

A compact 1.27 mm (0.05") pitch 2×5 mini SWD box header with a half-shroud and key-notch. A smaller alternative to full-shroud SWD headers, taking up much less board space while remaining compatible with standard 10-p...

SKU: AF-1658 | Brand: Adafruit

Connect your own PCB to a Raspberry Pi with this extra-tall female header. The female header part has extra spaces to make it 13.6mm tall: when placed on your Pi, a PCB will clear the Ethernet and USB jacks. This h...

SKU: AF-1539 | Brand: Adafruit

Breakaway header is like the duct tape of electronics. Its great for connecting things together, soldering to perf-boards, fits into any breadboard, etc. We go through these guys real fast, and thought that given how ...

SKU: AF-2102 | Brand: Adafruit

This 2×5 (10-pin) IDC breadboard helper makes it easy to connect standard 10-pin IDC ribbon cables to a breadboard or Perma-Proto board. The two-piece design consists of a pin-through socket that straddles the centre ...

SKU: AF-2714 | Brand: Adafruit

An extra-tall 2×20 SMT (surface-mount) female header designed for Raspberry Pi HATs. The increased height provides additional clearance for stacking multiple HATs or accommodating taller components on the Pi, such as ...

SKU: SF-PRT-13054 | Brand: SparkFun

A 2×20 shrouded (boxed) header designed to match the Raspberry Pi GPIO pinout. It provides a keyed, polarised connection point so you can run a ribbon cable from your Pi's GPIO to a breakout board, HAT prototype, or c...

SKU: PL-1914 | Brand: Pololu

These 2×6-pin crimp connector housings let you quickly build custom cables that mate with standard 0.1" (2.54mm) spaced connectors. Pair them with pre-crimped terminal wires to create reliable, removable twelve-wire c...

SKU: PL-1910 | Brand: Pololu

These 2×2-pin crimp connector housings let you quickly build custom cables that mate with standard 0.1" (2.54mm) spaced connectors. Pair them with pre-crimped terminal wires or crimp pins to create reliable, removable...

SKU: AF-4904 | Brand: Adafruit

A 40-pin FPC to straight 2×20 IDC male plug header adapter board. Converts a standard 40-pin 0.5mm pitch FPC/FFC cable connection into a male GPIO plug, allowing you to connect HATs and Bonnets at a distance from your...

SKU: AF-4897 | Brand: Adafruit

A 40-pin FPC to right-angle 2×20 IDC male plug header adapter board. Converts a standard 40-pin 0.5mm pitch FPC/FFC cable connection into a male GPIO plug, allowing you to connect HATs and Bonnets at a distance from y...

SKU: SF-PRT-16581 | Brand: SparkFun

A 2×18 pin female header with standard 0.1" (2.54 mm) pitch spacing. Mates perfectly with the Alchitry Br Prototype Element Board and other 0.1"-spaced dual-row male headers. Specifications Configuration – 2×18 (36...

SKU: SF-PRT-15363 | Brand: SparkFun

A compact 2×5 pin female through-hole header with 1.27 mm (50 mil) pitch. This is the standard configuration used for JTAG and SWD debugging connections on microcontroller boards. Specifications Configuration – 2×5...

SKU: AF-2207 | Brand: Adafruit

These 40-pin IC sockets let you insert and remove DIP chips without soldering them directly to your PCB. Solder the socket into your board once, then swap chips freely — useful for prototyping, testing, or any project...

SKU: AF-3663 | Brand: Adafruit

If your soldering isn't quite up to scratch, or you just don't own a soldering iron yet, then these nifty hammer headers from Pimoroni might be just what you need.  Absolutely no soldering required! All t...

SKU: AF-2104 | Brand: Adafruit

This 2x8 (16 pin - 0.1" spaced) IDC Breadboard Helper is great in conjunction with any 16-pin IDC cables. It comes in two parts, a 'pin-through' socket and a male header. The socket straddles...

SKU: AF-2101 | Brand: Adafruit

The "poor woman's" Raspberry Pi cobbler! This combo of 2x13 pin (0.1 spaced) header and socket is for our popular GPIO Ribbon Cable for Raspberry Pi Model A and B.  It comes in two parts, a 'pin-through' socke...

SKU: SF-PRT-08506 | Brand: SparkFun

A 2×5 (10-pin) shrouded box header on standard 0.1" (2.54 mm) pitch. The keyed shroud prevents reversed cable connections, making it ideal for programming headers, data buses, and other multi-pin interfaces. Key Feat...

SKU: PL-1115 | Brand: Pololu

This double-row, 14-pin (2×7) extended male header with 0.1" (2.54mm) pitch features extra-long 22.85mm pins — significantly longer than standard headers. The extended length is useful for making connections that span...