0.1" Pin Headers supply for VHS

We seem to be perpetually short on some 0.1" pin headers, and the 1x female headers in particular seem to consistently disappear en masse, so I think it’s worth making periodic aliexpress orders to top these up. At Lee’s they cost ~$1.50 each, and on aliexpress, they’re more like 15c each. I might as well make an order, but before I place it, I have some questions:

  1. I would like a couple low-profile female headers nowish. Does anybody have a supply that they would like to lend to me or donate to VHS?
  2. What variety of headers do people typically want? Dimensions, stamped vs swiss machined pin, through-hole vs surface mount? I’m focusing mostly on through-hole. Is there any reason for us to buy lengths shorter than 36-40? Do we want some male/female with extra-short or extra-long pins? I have a preference for the low profile female headers, but the full size ones seem more common; even if nobody expresses interest in the full size ones, I’m tempted to get a set as well, just as a precautionary measure so people don’t start stacking the small ones and wasting our supply.
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I may have some headers like the ones you need. How many pins do you need?

Thanks. :slight_smile: Right now, I need two 1x14 female headers. I could probably make do with what we have at the space, but most of what remains is only 2-4 pins long.

I’d like to help you out with organizing our connectors and re-ordering the ones that are most useful and that have run out.

In addition to what you’ve already suggested, I’d add:

  • blue/red/yellow crimp connectors: we have a variety, but all the useful sizes are gone. I’d like to refill the missing ring-style ones in particular.
  • connector housings: we have some particular sizes of burgundy ones in one of the plastic cases, but again most of the useful sizes are gone. I have some two-pin ones to donate.
  • through-hole screw terminals: not sure our current stock of these
  • push-button microswitches: for through-hole PCBs

I’m happy to donate some of this, but are there funds available from VHS for this type of thing as well?

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