12-Position IDC DIP Header — Press-Fit, Dual-Pitch Ribbon Cable Interface
Termination is insulation-displacement (IDC) on the cable end, while the board interface uses a through-hole, press-fit mounting — no soldering required for the header pins. The red housing is keyed by color for visual line identification in multi-cable harnesses.
Press-Fit Board Retention and IDC Termination
This suits backplane or high-reliability assemblies where solderless termination is preferred for rework or thermal stress management. The IDC termination on the cable side simultaneously pierces all 12 conductors of a 0.050" pitch ribbon cable in one press operation — no wire stripping or individual crimping. The feed-through feature allows the cable to pass through the header body, simplifying daisy-chain routing in the harness.
Dual-Pitch Layout: 0.050" Cable to 0.100" Board
For the board layout engineer, the footprint is a standard 12-pin DIP pattern — two rows of six pins on 0.100" pitch — with the press-fit hole size specified per the manufacturer's application drawing.
No official cross-reference or direct second-source is on record; the 16-position gray sibling (1-216791-6) is a position-count alternative, not a functional substitute for a 12-position BOM line.