What this 6-position receptacle brings to a board stack
The Molex 534620001 is a 6-position receptacle from the Series 53462 family, built for board-to-board or wire-to-board interconnect where a compact, low-position-count connector is needed. Board guide and board lock features are integrated into the housing: the guide aligns the connector during blind mating, and the lock anchors it to the PCB to take shear and vibration stress off the solder joints.
Sizing up the mounting and termination options
The listing shows both Surface Mount, Right Angle and Through Hole as mounting types — this is unusual for a single order code. One of these is likely the actual termination for this variant, or the catalog entry covers a dual-footprint part. The termination is listed as Solder, which fits either method. Before committing the board layout, confirm which termination style the 534620001 carries — the SMT right-angle version will have a different footprint and reflow profile than a through-hole solder-tail part.
Where the board guide and board lock matter
The board guide is a plastic alignment post that steers the mating half into position during assembly — useful when the connector is not at the board edge or when the mating header is on a separate PCB that gets stacked blind. Together they make this receptacle suited for a mezzanine stack or a wire-to-board connection in equipment that sees handling or moderate vibration.