Fischer Elektronik offers a new design of male headers suited to the through hole reflow soldering technique. The headers are available in single and double row design with one to 36 poles in the single row design and two to 72 poles in the double row design, with five different pin lengths. The insulators are made from high temperature-resistant plastic and are designed for processing using the surface mount soldering technique. The contacts are available in three versions, i.e. partially gold plated (where the plug-in area is gold plated and the soldering area is tinned), completely gold plated, and completely tinned. All three versions have a nickel insulation layer. The soldered side has a pin length of 2mm. This is inserted into the PCB holes filled with filler metal .The filler metal deposits on the contacts and is then soldered to the PCB by through hole reflow soldering. The through hole reflow soldering technique offers the same degree of mechanical stability as the standard soldering-in process and can be applied using the surface mounting technology.
