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From: Rocky Stevens on 23 May 2010 12:47
Subject says it all - I thought that a socket was female, which
headers were then stuck into. But if that is the case, what is a
"female" header, if not just another name for a socket? Is a female
header somehow designed better to be soldered onto a board, whereas a
"socket" is better designed to be soldered to wires (i.e. for a cable)?
From: Sjouke Burry on 23 May 2010 13:10
Rocky Stevens wrote:
> Subject says it all - I thought that a socket was female, which
> headers were then stuck into. But if that is the case, what is a
> "female" header, if not just another name for a socket? Is a female
> header somehow designed better to be soldered onto a board, whereas a
> "socket" is better designed to be soldered to wires (i.e. for a cable)?
The pins damage more easily, and a cable can be replaced,
so put the pins on the cable.
From: Rich Webb on 23 May 2010 13:09
On Sun, 23 May 2010 09:47:31 -0700 (PDT), Rocky Stevens
<rocky.stevens(a)gmail.com> wrote:

>Subject says it all - I thought that a socket was female, which
>headers were then stuck into. But if that is the case, what is a
>"female" header, if not just another name for a socket? Is a female
>header somehow designed better to be soldered onto a board, whereas a
>"socket" is better designed to be soldered to wires (i.e. for a cable)?

There are two complementary pairs (plugs / receptacles (AKA jacks)) and
(male / female). "Headers" would generally be receptacles (stationary,
board or console mounted) and so could consist of either male pins or
female sockets.

A system such as PC/104, for example, has both male and female headers,
located on the top and bottom of the board, in order to allow stacking.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PC/104

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender_of_connectors_and_fasteners

--
Rich Webb Norfolk, VA
From: Tim Wescott on 23 May 2010 13:30
On 05/23/2010 09:47 AM, Rocky Stevens wrote:
> Subject says it all - I thought that a socket was female, which
> headers were then stuck into. But if that is the case, what is a
> "female" header, if not just another name for a socket? Is a female
> header somehow designed better to be soldered onto a board, whereas a
> "socket" is better designed to be soldered to wires (i.e. for a cable)?

Or is it all an effort to be prissy, or politically correct (which two
are often the same thing, these days).

--
Tim Wescott
Control system and signal processing consulting
www.wescottdesign.com
From: Peter Bennett on 23 May 2010 13:36
On Sun, 23 May 2010 09:47:31 -0700 (PDT), Rocky Stevens
<rocky.stevens(a)gmail.com> wrote:

>Subject says it all - I thought that a socket was female, which
>headers were then stuck into. But if that is the case, what is a
>"female" header, if not just another name for a socket? Is a female
>header somehow designed better to be soldered onto a board, whereas a
>"socket" is better designed to be soldered to wires (i.e. for a cable)?

There's considerable variation in terminology for some parts - you may
have to look at the things to see what they really are, and how they
are normally used.

I'd consider a male header to be a rectangular array of square posts
on (usually) 0.1 inch centers, designed to be soldered to a pc board.

A female header is a thing designed to mate with a male header, but
also designed to be soldered to a pc board, rather than mounted on a
cable.

I'd say a socket is a female connector having any contact arrangement.
It may be suitable for soldering to a pc board, or for mounting on the
end of a cable.

--
Peter Bennett, VE7CEI
peterbb4 (at) interchange.ubc.ca
GPS and NMEA info: http://vancouver-webpages.com/peter
Vancouver Power Squadron: http://vancouver.powersquadron.ca
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