Board-to-Board Stacking Fit
The 87606-308: For a connector that sees occasional board swaps in a lab or test fixture, this gold thickness supports hundreds of cycles before the underlying nickel shows wear. In a production assembly that mates once and stays, the gold is overkill but harmless.
Sourcing Reality for an Obsolete Part
This rating remains valid for any inventory found on the surplus market, but the part's obsolescence means no new qualification or certification updates are available.
It mates with a 16-position, dual-row, 0.100" pitch pin header from the same series — the header's square pins (0.025" square typical for Dubox) insert into the female socket contacts.