New products: 40 new JST SH-style cables

You may have noticed several of our newer boards have JST SH-style connectors on them, from 2 pins on these micro metal gearmotor connector boards to 3 pins on these digital distance sensors to 4 pins on these contactless current sensor carriers and several I2C products including our USB-to-I2C adapters. We now have a series of compatible JST SH-style female cables to go with them. We are stocking them in a variety of lengths, pin counts, and termination styles, making 40 new cables in all to choose from!

	Pins	Terminations	Length	Item #
	1×2	double-sided (female-female)	10 cm (4″)	#5503
			16 cm (6.3″)	#5504
			25 cm (10″)	#5505
			40 cm (16″)	#5506
			63 cm (25″)	#5507
		single-sided (female- unterminated)	12 cm (4.5″)	#5500
			30 cm (12″)	#5501
			75 cm (30″)	#5502

	Pins	Terminations	Length	Item #
	1×3	double-sided (female-female)	10 cm (4″)	#5513
			16 cm (6.3″)	#5514
			25 cm (10″)	#5515
			40 cm (16″)	#5516
			63 cm (25″)	#5517
		single-sided (female- unterminated)	12 cm (4.5″)	#5510
			30 cm (12″)	#5511
			75 cm (30″)	#5512

	Pins	Terminations	Length	Item #
	1×4	double-sided (female-female)	10 cm (4″)	#5523
			16 cm (6.3″)	#5524
			25 cm (10″)	#5525
			40 cm (16″)	#5526
			63 cm (25″)	#5527
		single-sided (female- unterminated)	12 cm (4.5″)	#5520
			30 cm (12″)	#5521
			75 cm (30″)	#5522

	Pins	Terminations	Length	Item #
	1×5	double-sided (female-female)	10 cm (4″)	#5533
			16 cm (6.3″)	#5534
			25 cm (10″)	#5535
			40 cm (16″)	#5536
			63 cm (25″)	#5537
		single-sided (female- unterminated)	12 cm (4.5″)	#5530
			30 cm (12″)	#5531
			75 cm (30″)	#5532

	Pins	Terminations	Length	Item #
	1×6	double-sided (female-female)	10 cm (4″)	#5543
			16 cm (6.3″)	#5544
			25 cm (10″)	#5545
			40 cm (16″)	#5546
			63 cm (25″)	#5547
		single-sided (female- unterminated)	12 cm (4.5″)	#5540
			30 cm (12″)	#5541
			75 cm (30″)	#5542

The JST SH-style connector has a 1 mm pitch, making it a good choice for small modules, and the wires are 28 AWG. The double-sided cables have twisted wires and female connectors on both ends, while the single-sided versions have a connector on one end and unterminated wires on the other. The single-ended versions can easily be cut to shorter if desired, and remember that you can also cut the double-sided cables in half to get single-sided cables that are 5 cm, 8 cm, and 20 cm long.

The 4-pin versions are compatible with SparkFun’s Qwiic and Adafruit’s STEMMA QT.

We’ve had 6-pin cables for our Micro Metal Gearmotor encoders for years, but with this new line of cables, we’re offering a 6-pin version that matches the standardized color order, with black always corresponding to pin 1 and red always corresponding to pin 2. For reference, here is our selection of those original 6-pin cables, which have the green wire on pin 1:

	Pins	Terminations	Length	Item #
	1×6	double-sided (female-female)	10 cm (4″)	#4765
			16 cm (6.3″)	#4766
			25 cm (10″)	#4767
			40 cm (16″)	#4768
			63 cm (25″)	#4769
		single-sided (female- unterminated)	12 cm (4.5″)	#4762
			30 cm (12″)	#4763
			75 cm (30″)	#4764

What new products would you like to see with connectors for these cables?