Dave,
Almost forgot, Surplus Gizmos has a range of box headers and keyed IDE-type
connectors (no idea what the real name is), and ribbon cable.

I bought some 25-conductor cable for $0.25/ft and some 20-pin headers for
$0.55/each (I stripped off the 5 outer conductors because surplus gizmos
never has a perfect match!). You basically press fit the pointy teeth of
the connector on to the cable until the retaining clip snaps in place, and
then solder the header to the board.  Another very cheap and fast solution.

-p

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On Thu, Aug 28, 2014 at 5:50 PM, David Madden <[email protected]> wrote:

> Does anybody have favorite wire-to-board connectors?  Cheap, easy to
> use, etc?  I found these:
>
>
> http://www.molex.com/molex/products/family?key=litetrap&channel=products&chanName=family&pageTitle=Introduction&parentKey=wire_to_board_connectors
>
> which look like what I need, but they only come in 1- and 2-position
> styles.  I have to connect about 15-20 wires from an old home-security
> system.  (The old system used screw terminals, but those would take up
> probably twice as much PCB as the whole rest of the circuit!)
>
> Thanks,
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