Electronic – What cable do I need to connect rows of male header pins together

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I have a Jaguar motor controller that has a set of 5 inset male header pins to connect an encoder. The encoder has only loose wires coming out.

What type of connector should I be buying to solder/crimp onto the end of these?

Also, there're a couple of sensor boards with a similar arrangement of 0.1" male headers. The control board also has male headers. However, every compatible cable I can find is male to female.

Do servo cables with sockets at both ends exist?


This is what the controller looks like. Encoder slot is on the front, as the freehand-circling below shows

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Best Answer

Are those jumpers beside the connector? Then probably the connector can be connected using the common jumper wires (available with up to at least 10 pins in one housing). Servo cables usually have a different kind of connector (rounded corners).

To make your own jumper leads, you can buy crimp connector housings from pololu. They also sell pre-crimped wires, if you don't want to crimp them yourself.