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Thanks, I will look into those. I have attached three pictures of cables I made with the MTA100 connectors and tool I bought (Digikey: Tool A9982; Connectors A31001, A30953, A30996, A31033). The tool worked well and the assembly went quickly but not as quickly as the common IDC connectors that use t...

Those are what I would like to find. For my current project, I am OK with what I bought and using the tool to press each wire into place. I will upload some pictures soon to close the loop on this thread. I appreciate all the input. I will frequent this forum more often. I would like, however, to fi...

The connectors in your photo are different than what I was looking at. I can't say my plan will work with those for sure. Can your connectors be installed on the cable by using a hand tool that presses a clamp onto all the wires at once in the way a typical dual-row connector (like in a PC) is inst...

That makes sense. I had seen pictures like this which obviously is using .1" pitch cable but I understand that the connectors may be made in such a way as to allow the in-between .05 wire to pass through. Thanks!

Must be nice to have a mill! I'm expanding my shop so I can hopefully organize the junk ad have room for some more shop tools.

You might want to consider the MTA series by TYCO(AMP) A digikey part # is A30994-ND. Thanks for pointing me in the right direction. Even though I had looked at Digikey, Newark, Mouser and Jameco a great deal, I somehow had not honed in on the MTA100 or the ITW Pancon parts. Either of those would h...

Engineer1128,
I think single in-line IDC with 24 guage wire is exactly what I want. Where can I get them. I have spent countless hours looking at Digikey, Mouser, etc. and not found them in stock or either they seem to take some special tool. Can you point me to a part number? What tool are you using?

I have used double-row IDC's a lot. I have an inexpesive hand-tool ($20.00 or so) that works very well. The connector I am using for these single-row devices is not an IDC. It has individual pins that you crip on each wire after you strip the insulation back. You then insert them into the connector....

Thanks MrAl for that good suggestion. If someone knows of a faster connector-only solution, I would still like to hear it but I think I will try your suggestion unless I hear otherwise.

Does anyone know of an easily assembled .1" single in-line cable connector such as would connect to a header on a keypad or an LCD module? For years, I have used a crimp tool and individually crimped-on pins (male or female) inserted into a housing. These items are readily available from Digike...