26-position dual-row header for IDC ribbon cable
The 5103308-6: This is a TE Connectivity AMP-Latch series 26-position, dual-row shrouded header — the standard footprint for a 26-conductor IDC ribbon cable assembly. The 4-wall shroud protects the square male pins during handling and guides the mating socket into alignment — no bent pins from a crooked mate. Push-pull fastening means the header relies on the mating housing's latch for retention; in a vibration environment, confirm the receptacle has a locking ramp. Rated 1 A per contact at the listed temperature range. That is signal-level current — the limiting factor is the pin density and the housing's thermal rise, not the contact itself. For power delivery above 1 A per circuit, look at a higher-current series like AMP-Latch's 3 A variants.
15 µinch gold mating face — field-service reconnect duty
The mating contact finish is 15 µinch gold or gold-palladium over nickel. That plating grade is rated for hundreds of mating cycles — in a field-service application where the connector is cycled quarterly, that is decades of reconnect life at the contact interface. The post tails are tin-plated (100 µinch), which is the standard for soldering into a through-hole board. The operating range of -65°C to 105°C covers most industrial cabinets and outdoor telecom enclosures.
RoHS3 compliant. The base product number is 5103308 — the -6 suffix denotes the specific plating and packaging variant.