what crimp is used on square pins on PCB

[coppercone2]

square pin on PCB come in many flavors, sometimes with housings and sometimes by themselves with single wire connectors, which sometimes latch.

If you want to make wires to connect ports to equipment (without following a connector dielectric standard) what pins are used? For technician type work, I need a best fits all so I can make nice cables to custom terminators for troubleshooting. I know I only really see 2 (maybe 3) common pin sizes for power, signal.

The idea being to reliably connect to as many pin connector types as possible with the minimum of inventory for repair or prototyping purposes. solid machined crimp points for the wire are preferred, I don't like the folding ones despite cost benefits and strain relief.

Some kinda grabby one would be good, so it can be used to attach to pins in Dsub ports and multipin cables without all the inventory required for long term connections.

the idea being to glue it inside of a thin tube

[Buriedcode]

Are you talking about the standard 0.1" pin headers and the associated female crimps? "Dupont" wires as they are mislabelled all over the web?

[donotdespisethesnake]

If you want to make wires to connect ports to equipment (without following a connector dielectric standard) what pins are used?

That is such a vague question it's impossible to answer.

Every connector had a specific pin type and a different type of crimp, there aren't any generic types.

[larrybl]

Wire wrap with the proper tool will make a reliable connection to a square pin.

[coppercone2]

the wire wrap will damage the pin. I was hoping something existed that was good enough for short term use on alot of different things

[tautech]

the wire wrap will damage the pin. I was hoping something existed that was good enough for short term use on alot of different things

SMD or TH ?
Trace side or component side ?
Press on or clip on connection ?
Signal level or power level connection ?

[CatalinaWOW]

Back in the 70s  to 80s someone marketed contact pins with a shallow helix form for the inner contacts.  The were purported to be long life and tolerant of dimensional variations.  I don't remember the company, and a brief google session didn't turn anything up, but if these are still being made or available they might be what you want.  They weren't the double helix product that google did turn up.

Maybe my comment will trigger someone else's memory, or someones google fu will be better than mine.