Pretty way of shorting multiple pins to ground (4 pin jumper? dip switch?)

Have driven 3 pins high and are shorting them to GND to use as a binary configuration code.

Currently done this with some 4 pin headers someone kindly soldered up for me but want a prettier version, maybe a color coded jumper with a header glued on or a dip switch all tied to a bus bar so i dont have to keep checking the little table of config codes.

As usual went into google hoping for an easy find but cant find any 4 pin jumper, let alone color coded.

Anyone got search term tips or anything that will accomplish the same thing.

That would damage the chip. I don't think you meant "driven". Maybe "pulled up with resistors"?

Not sure what you mean...

Not sure what you mean...

Same here...

Post a picture of what you have now.
Are you talking about these jumper shunts in various colors?

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Sorry, mean pulled up with resistors.

pins 49, 51 & 53 of my arduino mega 2560 are read to see if they have been connected to GND. this reads out a binary configuration code which turns certain functionality on or off.

They are connected by a 4 pin header with a combination of 3 of these pins soldered to GND pin. I have a selection of the headers all soldered to correspond to a different configuration.

Problem is that looks ugly and is very flimsy.

I want to find a better solution, something that is easy to recognise what current configuration the arduino is in. either a colored 4 pin jumper shunt (I dont think these actually exist) or a 4 pole dip switch that i just solder one end together.

if they do 4 pin versions that would be great! but so far ive had no luck finding ones that are colored.

If push comes to shove ill buy some black ones i find and paint them but that feels like im back with ugly soldered pin headers.

Are you talking about a circuit like this?


That you would program with shunts?

Picture?

It takes few seconds to make splitter jumpers.. Color/quantity of your choice.

Something like this maybe?

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5-pin resistor array with low-value resistors.

Header strip with wire wraps.

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