Can someone help me find the IDC connectors on digikey that are used on ribbon cables for ISP and JTAG programming (2x3 and 2x5). Can't seem to find them.
ltkenbo 
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Digikey IDC connectors for programming
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js 
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Mouser Part #: 617-09185066324
Manufacturer Part #: 09 18 506 6324
Manufacturer: HARTING
Description: DIN 41612 Power Connectors 6P IDC MALE STRAIGHT SOLDER PIN
http://www.mouser.com/Search/Ref...
Mouser Part #: 649-71600-306LF
Manufacturer Part #: 71600-306LF
Manufacturer: FCI
Description: Headers & Wire Housings .100 RCPT 2X3P Female IDC
Digi-Key Part Number 609-2423-ND CONN HEADER 6POS DL PCB 30GOLD Male open
Manufacturer FCI
Manufacturer Part Number 69168-106HLF
http://search.digikey.com/script...
Digi-Key Part Number 609-2845-ND CONN HEADER 6POS DUAL VERT PCB Male
Manufacturer FCI
Manufacturer Part Number 75869-131LF
http://search.digikey.com/script...
Digi-Key Part Number 609-2843-ND CONN HEADER 6POS DUAL VERT PCB Male Latch
Manufacturer FCI
Manufacturer Part Number 71918-106LF
http://search.digikey.com/script...
Digi-Key Part Number 609-2841-ND CONN SOCKET IDC 6POS DL SR 30AU Female IDC
Manufacturer FCI
Manufacturer Part Number 71600-006LF
Farnell
HARTING 0918 506 7903
HARTING 0918 506 7904
HARTING 0918 506 7914
HARTING - 0918 506 7803 - SOCKET, IDC, W/O S/RELIEF, 6WAY
HARTING - 0918 506 7324 - HEADER, STRAIGHT, 6WAY
10 years later....update.
10 pin miniature box header to match JTAG connector from JTAG Ice MK3 and Atmel ICE
Connector Header Through Hole 10 position 0.050" (1.27mm)
https://www.digikey.com/en/produ...
Digi-Key Part Number 1175-1627-ND
Manufacturer CNC Tech
Manufacturer Product Number 3220-10-0100-00
Last Edited: Tue. Sep 21, 2021 - 10:34 PM
valusoft 
John,
You get 10/10 and a big elephant stamp for that excellent work. :lol:
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It would be nice if this post did not get lost in the noise. hint hint
nleahcim
Nice post John.
Those connectors are awful to find. Sometimes Digi-Key has one - but it goes in and out of stock. It seems like such a straight forward part too.
hugoboss
http://search.digikey.com/script...
Works too, helluvalot cheaper, if you can manage to figure out which pin is 1... :)
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I have posted this a few times before but even I can't find it :lol: just as well I keep a copy here.
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I've taken the hint and made it sticky - if anyone disagrees then let me know. Perhaps it should become a more general thread title such as "supply of components often used in AVR designs" or something like that with suitable additions then being made?
Cliff
steve17
hugoboss wrote:
That's where you use the missing pin technique.
http://search.digikey.com/script...Works too, helluvalot cheaper, if you can manage to figure out which pin is 1... :)
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I never had problems when ordering items like this through farnell, I do not know if this s a good alternative in the US (digikey seems to be mostly used there)
nleahcim
js wrote:
Digi-Key Part Number 609-2423-ND CONN HEADER 6POS DL PCB 30GOLD Male open
Manufacturer FCI
Manufacturer Part Number 69168-106HLF
http://search.digikey.com/script...
John - I just realized you made the same mistake as me a little while back. This part is not compatible with the AVR ISP connector.
However, I believe that another FCI part, 609-2845-ND, is compatible. I haven't used it though - as it tends to be out of stock when I need it!
fleemy meslomp wrote:
I never had problems when ordering items like this through farnell, I do not know if this s a good alternative in the US (digikey seems to be mostly used there)
Not sure how much you order from Farnell(or whatever they are calling them self’s today)and therefore what prices you get, but in general Farnell is around 20% more expensive than Digikey(Mouser is close, but Digikey is still a little cheaper for most of the products). Also, when you order above 60.00 euro, shipping is free.
It’s not that I’m biased, I’ve ordered products from all those companies and others, they all have a good service(let’s say, the only difference when ordering from Farnell, is that the goods are there the next day or the day after, with Digikey it’s one day more (to Belgium)) , it’s just the price, why pay more for the same thing?
Sometimes I ask myself, how do they(Farnell) do it?
hugoboss
Digikey is often more expensive than others in small quantities for discrete parts and standard logic, but they have a good stock of specialty IC's others don't. And they are just convenient to order from TBH, best no-fat catalog IMO.
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Here it's usually 3 to 4 times the price of other wholesalers.
Farnell is around 20% more expensive than Digikey
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weeeellll I'l be..only one side is 0.1" spacing the other is 0.13" :oops: I'll fix my list then.
This part is not compatible with the AVR ISP connector.
Cameron707 Yeah Farnell is expensive, but you get stuff the next day. Both Farnell and Newark merged into Element 14, but even though they fall under the same company the prices are considerably different. Was looking at a programmable gain amplifier PGA116 and there was something like a $3-5 difference per chip (Farnell being the more expensive one).
I still pay for the speed though :).
ltkenbo Thanks for the responses guys. Mainly what I am looking for is the one part that js posted above:
http://search.digikey.com/scripts/DkSearch/dksus.dll?WT.z_header=search_go&lang=en&site=us&keywords=609-2841-ND+CONN+SOCKET&x=0&y=0
ltkenbo This is the kind of cable I need right?
http://search.digikey.com/script...
steve17
Yes.
Personally I keep a supply of wide ribbon cable and split off the number of conductors I need.
lautman
Pololu has 6-pin shrouded male connectors (http://www.pololu.com/catalog/product/854) as well as the mating females (not as dirty as it sounds): (http://www.pololu.com/catalog/product/855).
funktown
I usually buy the breakable 2x40 headers, and break them to 2x3. It's much cheaper, but not shrouded so you must pay attention.
Things like this are really robbery on digikey - I think better to buy noname stuff from ebay/china, unless it is mission critical.
For example - the cable side connector, one at digikey is 82 cents, or 10 for $7.24.
On ebay 10 is $3.90, shipped. Chinese no-name stuff, but.. sufficient.
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Check my post here (near the end) to see how to convert an ISP header for breadboard use in case you need to...
https://www.avrfreaks.net/forum/...
Brad
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G0NZ4L0
I don't use IDC headers, just built something like this: http://www.electricstuff.co.uk/p... and leave free pads on the boards for production.
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Appears similar to a Tag-Connect.
Tag Connect
What is Tag Connect?
G0NZ4L0
gchapman wrote:
Appears similar to a Tag-Connect.
Exactly, same spring probes.
mnehpets
I've had some success with press-fit IDC header as a cheapskate alternative to the Tag-Connect probes. These headers plug into standard 0.1 inch PTH header footprints, and hold sufficiently well for plugging and unplugging programming cables. The header is removable and hence reusable. I don't know the endurance of this setup, though.
The pcb holes for the header are drilled to 1.1mm diameter, plated through, on a 1.6mm double sided board.
The specific header that worked for me is the TE 104350-3 (this is the 2x3 pin version). Digikey's part number is A122684-ND, while mouser's part number is 571-104350-3. The price is just over USD1 each right now.
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Cameron707 wrote:
Yeah Farnell is expensive, but you get stuff the next day. Both Farnell and Newark merged into Element 14, but even though they fall under the same company the prices are considerably different. Was looking at a programmable gain amplifier PGA116 and there was something like a $3-5 difference per chip (Farnell being the more expensive one). I still pay for the speed though :).
My experience is - from cheap to expensive:
- Arrow (free shipping over US$50)
- Element 14 (free shipping over US$25)
- RS Components (free shipping over US$30)
- Mouser (free shipping over US$50)
- Digikey (free shipping over US$50)
However during these bad days, prices fluctuate everyday within the same company and between different companies. Rich companies may clear a part's stock in one day! 
david.prentice Surely there are multiple Distributors with local warehouses in Hong Kong.
Farnell delivers to my door in less than 24 hours. (typical Leeds to Wormshill in 15 hours)
I can't believe that they ship from Leeds to Hong Kong this quickly.
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Cameron707 wrote:
Yeah Farnell is expensive, but you get stuff the next day.
HK that post was from 11 years ago!!
HKPhysicist
js wrote:
Cameron707 wrote:
Yeah Farnell is expensive, but you get stuff the next day.
HK that post was from 11 years ago!!
Please un-pin fossil posts regularly. 
js
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We rely on the intelligence of posters to check on the date before posting. 
But I'll lock the thread as the information regarding the connectors is still valid.