On Thu, Oct 22, 2020 at 11:30:40AM -0700, brian--- via cctalk wrote: > Oddball question here: has anyone ever seen a way to cap off or protect > standard 0.1" pin header jumpers?
I prefer to not leave boards in places where stuff like pin headers can be damaged. And really, pin headers are the least of your worries: they're easy to replace and dirt cheap, unlike some of the more delicate and exotic components. [...] > Any ideas would be appreciated! You can use what is colloquially known as a "DuPont connector", which is designed to mate with pin headers. They're more typically used to run wires to pin headers -- for example the front panel lights and buttons on a PC -- but you can skip the wires when you only need a mechanical rather than electrical connection. A starter kit with the special crimp tool, header shells, and male and female pins to fit in the shells costs around €30 from Amazon. Don't do what I did and try and cut corners by just buying a cheap box of shells and pins and assuming you can wing it with a regular crimp tool or pliers, because that just results in a knackered connector and another Amazon order. The kit will come with a variety of header shells and not just the 1x2 of jumpers. Given that pin headers are quite gregarious, you'll find the larger shells useful for capping and/or configuring multiple jumpers in parallel.
