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I have a project with 5 16wire cables, each terminated in a IDC socket connector that would normally plug into regular male headers that are soldered to a pcb. I want to use wire wrap for the whole project and if I stay with the IDC connectors, I need male headers for wire wrap. I have looked for these and found none. So, I suspect my approach is wrong and I should be doing it differently. I do not want to lose the ability to plug/unplug the cables to the circuit board where I'm using wire wrap. For reference, the connector I'm referring to is Jameco part no 119467  which can be seen at jameco.com.

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Extended-length pin headers work fine for wire wrapping (http://www.pololu.com/catalog/product/1065 or similar), just push the pin through, solder it in for mechanical stability, and wrap around the extra length.

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Excellent thanks very much.

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I have used wirewrap socket strips also, longer pins that can be wirewrapped to and then hav e pololu's male terminated crimp pins slid onto for board to board and board to panel connectors.
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You can see a field of them on the vertical board here where the signals from a MAX7221 were broken out to go to 8 widely spaced digits, and one can see the multicolored cables are plugged onto the backs of more of them.
The LEDs were soldered in place and wirewrapped directly onto. Only 1 LED did not work and had to be replaced (overheated most likely).
A duemilanove is temporarily wired in after a loose wire smoked a promini.