Electronic – Are pins supposed to have the same thickness by some standard

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I bought a DHT-22 temperature sensor, some other sensors, and some jumper cables. The cable and the pins on other sensors and a Raspberry Pi fitted well, but the pins on DHT-22 seem thinner. The jumper cables cannot stick to the pins, though they still work. I wonder if this is normal or the DHT-22 is a defective one.

That is, are the pin thicknesses supposed to be the same by some kind of standard?

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Best Answer

There are many standards.

Wires, jumpers, sockets, and other parts made for use with solderless breadboards are made to fit together. I don't know if there's an official standard for them, but the companies who make them make things that work together.

The DHT-22 is not made to whatever standard that breadboard parts are made to. The DHT-22 is made to be soldered to a PCB. Its pins don't need to follow the standards that solderless breadboards follow.

There's nothing wrong with your jumper wires and there's nothing wrong with the DHT-22. They are just made to different standards and don't play well together.

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