Board to board connections

Question

I am looking for connecters to connect two PCB boards together for prototyping. Can anyone recommend any models in particular.

Features I am looking for are decent price available from some where like Farnell or RS Components in Australia 3 wire mainly doesn't need speacilized tools to make the connects standard pin spacing for prototyping board Also up to 10+ connections

I have looked my self but there is hundreds of models and it's hard to work out how they make there connects

Anyone recommend any models that they use?

Answer 1

I use these with standard headers for stacking boards. I buy the longer ones and cut them to size.

For wire connections between boards I use these connectors with these terminals and these housings. The crimp tool is quite cheap.

Answer 2

I use these, I had the same issue looking for PCB connectors, then I found these and they work great.
I bought them from adafruit - product page

Answer 3

I use standard 0.1" pitch headers and then I connect everything via wire-wrap. That way I can modify if I make a mistake or if I want to change it up.

I typically connect one end to the board itself and then the other to some long pinned breakaway headers. That way I can remove the connections from a development board and plug into a completely different system in seconds.

This does require you to purchase wire-wrap wire, a decent stripping tool, and a wire wrapping tool. If you look on eBay they're dirt cheap compared to what you can get them for new from Digikey (or the like)

I wrote an article and made a video on wire wrap for prototyping on Circuit Dojo. Feel free to check it out.

Answer 4

Uh, what's wrong with using bog standard 0.1" headers? There's tons of models because EVERYBODY uses them and they are a commodity product.