Timeline for How do you call wire pins that can be used as jumpers with your breadboard?
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| Mar 13, 2021 at 22:02 | comment | added | Jasen Слава Україні | In 1972 DuPont aquired Berg, washingtonpost.com/archive/business/1987/08/02/… but SFAIK it was still trading as Berg (and later sold to FCI) | |
| Mar 2, 2021 at 8:37 | comment | added | Matthew Millman | They are called "DuPont" because this product line was introduced by DuPont in the 1970s. They were originally sold branded as DuPont too. | |
| May 31, 2020 at 20:42 | comment | added | Jasen Слава Україні | Yeah so far as I can tell the term "Dupont" comes from the "maker" scene | |
| May 31, 2020 at 6:52 | comment | added | DKNguyen | I have no idea why they are called Dupont either. The only people I see calling them Dupont seem to be people who haven't used them very much. I first came to know them as Molex connectors but that isn't really helpful since Molex makes a lot of connectors. Connectors in general just have confusing naming schemes. For Molex they are specifically the SL series male crimp terminals, although female is much more common. | |
| May 31, 2020 at 5:46 | vote | accept | bp2017 | ||
| May 31, 2020 at 5:02 | history | answered | Jasen Слава Україні | CC BY-SA 4.0 |