These three Short Female Headers alone are, well, lonely. But pair them with any of our ItsyBitsy boards, and you’re in business!
These headers are particularly cute and tiny with a body height of just 5.0 mm they are the best way to minimize the amount of space your ItsyBitsy project takes up, but still maintain that flexible configuration. “Normal” socket headers have an 8.5mm body height so this saves you a whole 3.5mm (hey it adds up!) For ultimate skinniness, match these up with equally short male headers. You can use common 8.5mm-long male headers but to get them to sit flush you may need to cut the pins down by a few mm, so just be aware of that!
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