Board-to-Board Stacking: 10-Position SMT Receptacle
Surface-mount termination with push-pull fastening means the connector self-locates during reflow and the mated pair is held by friction — no secondary latch. This suits low-vibration environments inside enclosures where the boards are mechanically supported by standoffs.
Plating and Current Rating: Signal-Duty Sizing
The gold layer prevents oxidation on the contact interface, keeping contact resistance stable over the connector's service life. For a board-to-board signal connector cycled a few hundred times, this is the standard choice — tin plating would be adequate for one-time assembly but risks fretting corrosion under thermal cycling. In a typical 10-position signal cable, the aggregate current across all circuits stays under 20 A total, but derate if ambient exceeds 85°C per the Minitek® derating curve.
Mating Header and Housing Compatibility
This receptacle mates with a 2.00mm pitch dual-row pin header from the same Minitek® series — the header's square pins (0.020" square typical) insert into the female socket contacts. When selecting the mating header, confirm the mated stack height — the header's pin length and the receptacle's through-hole depth together set the board-to-board spacing.