What this connector is
The Amphenol ERGON/Bergstik 93690-101-16LF is a dual-row, unshrouded breakaway header in the BERGSTIK® series, rated 5 A per circuit at 110 V. The 16-position, 2-row layout uses a 0.100" (2.54 mm) pitch on both the mating face and the row-to-row spacing, giving a 0.100" × 0.100" grid consistent with standard 0.100"-pitch board-connector footprints. The contact design splits plating by zone: the mating interface carries gold (GXT™) at 30.0 µin (0.76 µm) over the 0.295" (7.49 mm) pin engagement length, while the solder tail — sized for press-fit insertion or conventional solder — receives tin at 39.4 µin (1.00 µm). This dual-plating approach gives low contact resistance at first mate while protecting the through-hole barrel from oxidation in storage and in the field.
Key ratings for board-layout and BOM fit
The 0.100" (2.54 mm) pitch and 2-row layout place this on the same grid as the vast majority of 0.100"-pitch board headers — the board footprint and routing channels carry over directly if the position count matches the BOM line. All 16 positions are loaded, so there is no partial-load ambiguity on current-carrying capacity. Insulation height is 0.100" (2.54 mm), matching the pitch — the mated standoff is controlled by the mating half, but the header's own profile is consistent with low-profile board-to-board stacking in this pitch class. The overall contact length is 0.582" (14.78 mm) with a 0.177" (4.50 mm) post tail beyond the board. Flammability is UL94 V-0 on the thermoplastic housing — the minimum required for most industrial and commercial equipment enclosures where this connector class appears.
Board-to-board and cable use cases
Listed style is Board to Board or Cable, meaning the breakaway header is mechanically compatible with both a mating PCB header for mezzanine or perpendicular stacking and with ribbon-cable or discrete-wire IDC receptacles where the cable side carries the socket. The unshrouded design keeps the header footprint compact but relies on the mating half for polarization — mis-mate protection is governed by the plug or receptacle, not the header.
Mating half and termination
The 93690-101-16LF is the pin side — it mounts to the board and receives the matching receptacle. Termination is through-hole press-fit or conventional solder, which covers both reflow-incompatible legacy board builds and new assemblies where press-fit avoids solder voids on high-pin-count headers. The push-pull fastening type describes the mating-side retention; the actual latch mechanism depends on the mating receptacle housing.
Lifecycle and sourcing posture
The 93690-101-16LF carries an Active lifecycle status — quoted to order against BOM quantities with no official last-time-buy or published end-of-life date. No successor order code or cross-reference appears in the record, so for a new design the part itself is the specification; for a replacement the same part number is the direct substitute.
Where this sits in BERGSTIK®
The 93690 base product number identifies the 0.100"-pitch, dual-row breakaway family from BERGSTIK. Position count variants are produced at the same pitch, row spacing, and body profile — differing only in circuit count. The 16-position member uses the standard footprint for this series.