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From where can the connectors for the robostix header be purchased and what tools will be needed to work on them?
Purchase the following parts from Jameco here. (the part numbers are jameco part numbers)


 * 100812 - 2 pin housing
 * 157383 - 3 pin housing
 * 100803 - 4 pin housing
 * 103351 - 25 pin header strip
 * 100766 - header crimp pin
 * 159266 - crimper

These are found on these pages of the Jameco catalog: Jameco P134 Jameco P280

The cheaper crimper (Jameco #99443) on the same page does work but the 159265 crimper produces nicer crimps.

There is a little tutorial over here at Lynx Motion.

This web page talks about the differences:

You can find some information on using needle nose pliers here (see pages 8 &amp; 9)

Dave Hylands highly recommend using the crimper tool from Jameco.

Jameco seems to be quite a bit cheaper for these parts than DigiKey.

Ed Note: with thanks to Dave Hylands for all of this information.

Note: Updated part numbers to available RoHS versions.