Connecting Terminal Blocks to Second PCB Board

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I have a daughterboard with 3.5mm screw terminal blocks (such as Digikey part # 277-5749-ND)
that has to be connected to the mainboard, with the daughterboard either parallel or perpendicular to the mainboard.

However I do not find any 3.5mm male pin headers (http://www.digikey.com/product-search/en/connectors-interconnects/rectangular-board-to-board-connectors-headers-male-pins/1442672) to mount on the mainboard, so that the pin headers can be screwed into the daughterboard's screw terminal blocks. The closest is a 3.60mm pin header.

What is the recommended way of connecting them together? Using multiple single pin headers on the mainboard spaced 3.5mm apart?

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Best Answer

For a one off connection of two already designed boards, take standard cables with 0.1" headers (male or female as needed in your main board), and strip one end/cut in half. Either screw that into the terminal blocks, or solder it into the holes left from desoldering the blocks.

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Or you could make some adaptor boards, that have standard 0.1" or 0.05" on one side, and use individual leads spaced 3.5mm on the other. A bit tedious to solder, but a cheap pcb and some breakaway male headers will only cost a few bucks.

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