Board Layout Fit: 0.100" Pitch and Single-Row Footprint
The 0022284080: Breakaway design lets you snap the strip to a shorter length, but this variant ships as a fixed 8-position header loaded in all positions.
Contact and Plating: Tin for Moderate-Duty Signal Interconnect
Tin does not match the cycle life of gold, but it keeps the per-unit cost down for a general-purpose signal chain. The square male pin (0.025" square typical for the series) mates with a dual-beam receptacle that wipes the tin surface on insertion, breaking through any surface oxide film.