Speaking of LEDs...

[steamer]

--I've been looking *everywhere* for a specific kind of connector but I
can't seem to find any. Ya know those long snap-apart 'sticks' that have
male leads on one end (that can be pushed thru PC board holes and soldered
on the back side) and female sockets on the other? I've been able to find them
with the tiny, circular female sockets but I can't seem to find any with the
*square* female socket, like what you'd see on a proto board. What I'm trying
to do is populate one of those evilmadscientist boards with interchangeable
LEDs. The trouble is the square lead variety; i.e. the common, cheap ones,
don't fit in the little round hole connectors. I found one outfit that will
sell me a two-pin connector like I need but their price was astronomical!
--Has anyone got a source for these in the snap-apart form, with
a 2.4mm (0.1") spacing?

 

[Jasen Betts]

--I've been looking *everywhere* for a specific kind of connector but I
can't seem to find any. Ya know those long snap-apart 'sticks' that have
male leads on one end (that can be pushed thru PC board holes and soldered
on the back side) and female sockets on the other? I've been able to find them
with the tiny, circular female sockets but I can't seem to find any with the
*square* female socket, like what you'd see on a proto board. What I'm trying
to do is populate one of those evilmadscientist boards with interchangeable
LEDs. The trouble is the square lead variety; i.e. the common, cheap ones,
don't fit in the little round hole connectors. I found one outfit that will
sell me a two-pin connector like I need but their price was astronomical!
--Has anyone got a source for these in the snap-apart form, with
a 2.4mm (0.1") spacing?

I'd just get a cheap (folded sheet metal contact) DIP socket and
hacksaw it into two rows, OTOH DIPS with square pins do fit the
machined-pin DIP sockets too, so LEDs should work there too.

Bye.
Jasen