Hunter Cable Assembly Ltd provides Ribbon / Flat cables
and assemblies made up from a wide variety of connector types.
Popular types of connectors available with IDC termination suitable for ribbon
cable include:
BT224 connector
—also defined by BS9525-F0023, DIN41651, MIL-C-83503 standards
; these are the type used on ATA cables and are often simply called 'IDC connectors'.
They mate with either a purpose-made plug or a two-row grid of header
pins with 0.1 inch (2.54 mm) spacing.
D-subminiature
connector—used for serial ports and printer ports (however IDC D connectors
are far less common than crimp and solder bucket types).
DIN41612
connector —used for Eurocard buses.
PCB transition headers —has two rows of pins with the same spacings as
BT244 connectors. Intended to be soldered directly into a PCB.
DIL headers—Has pins with the same spacings as standard DIL ICs.
