Ras Pi GPIO pin connector

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As the GPIO pins are 2 x 20, I’m guessing there must be one of those crimp connectors that I could use with some ribbon cable.

The ones which were used on the back of old type IDE drives look very close to what I am thinking, but I seem to remember they had some orienting thing on them.
That isn’t needed as there isn’t the other part on the RasPi anyway.

Do such connectors still exist?

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Hi Andrew,

Yes, you can just use the old school IDE cables with the raspberry pi. Here is one that you could grab:


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Thanks.

When I get time I will have to get some and hack them. (Cut in middle and then connect to veroboard.)

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Maybe this would be better - though more “bugs bunny” I think that would be better than time needed to cut/split/connect the wires.

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should work just fine!

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FYI, yes the IDE connectors have pin 20 missing/blanked off and will not plug into a Pi.

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