2xN IDC Connector Breakout Board

I've ordered these three times now because they make interfacing IDC ribbon cables to my breadboard projects so easy. I also recently assembled this board using a 40 bin IDC socket (female connector) to create a way to mount Raspberry Pi boards directly onto a breadboard.

This is a great little board for prototyping with IDC. I’m was originally using Samtec HLE sockets in a passthrough configuration, see part number HLE-105-02-G-DV-PE-BE for example, but the through-hole pins aren’t quite long enough to make contact on certain breadboards (I use 3M). This is a great alternative and you can use any 0.1” sockets and headers you want. Excellent soldermask and silkscreen quality and easy to breakaway.

This was a huge help in breadboard prototyping with IDC connectors! Finding this part saved me the trouble of having to design and order my own PCB.

My only suggestion is to separate the outer pins rows from the inner pin rows by another 0.1". When using a SHROUDED connector, the soldered connections of the outer pins mechanically interferes with the plastic shroud of the connector. This prevents the pins of the connector from fully seating into the inner pads. The connector pins got far enough into the pads that I was able to solder them in, but it'd be great if the shrouded connector was able to be fully seated to the board.

The products arrived surprisingly fast in Europe and the delivery was faultless.