Robust and low profile wire connection from Pi to Servo?

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Robust and low profile wire connection from Pi to Servo?

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What are the best ways to connect servos to Raspberry Pi's GPIO bus? Requirements are that the connections must be movable, low profile to fit in a confined space, and robust, that is, resistant to shaking being moved around.
For example, a ribbon cable pushed down onto the GPIO bus with a protoboard breakout is not low profile.
Servo cables are low profile, but they will not connect mechanically directly to the GPIO bus.
Protoboard wires are low profile, but they do not grasp the GPIO pins firmly, and will easily fall off.
Soldering wires to the GPIO pins is robust, but is not movable, and there is no elegant way to my knowledge to connect a soldered wire to a servo.


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Re: Robust and low profile wire connection from Pi to Servo?

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Would this type of Pi-EzConnect HAT make sense turning everything into terminal blocks.

There are also Prototyping Pi Plate Kits and the Pi CRICKIT Hat.

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Re: Robust and low profile wire connection from Pi to Servo?

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Thanks for the suggestions, Mikey. I'll check these out. Good luck with your projects.

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