When trying to obtain an exact height between PCB's for your designs, board to board elevated headers and sockets are great connector solutions. But in some cases, standard products do not always meet the requirements for a design, and a custom board to board connector is required to obtain the correct height and within specification. Here's how we can help.
We’ve been working with a customer who needed a customized stacking header with an extended height but tiny footprint to stack two PCB’s in parallel orientation. We offered an elevated header from our standard board to board connector range which looked like a perfect solution, but was prone to tipping during the solder process. This was a problem magnified by the tiny contact pitch.
To help balance the connector we molded a custom insulator and produced a PCB header with supporting feet. The feet were designed strategically to work around existing components on the PCB, which enabled the customer to avoid a PCB re-design.
