RJ45 Breakout – Horizontal

This is our ultra-compact horizontal RJ45 breakout, designed to allow you to use the eight lines within standard Ethernet cables for your projects, with the flexibility to solder wires, headers and more, alongside M2.5 mounting options and underside soldering pads!

Each pin from the RJ45 connector is broken out to clearly labelled 2.54mm-spaced pads. You can solder whatever you like to these, such as the included 8-pin 2.54mm header strip (great for breadboard usage), some prototyping wire, or even an 8-way 2.54mm terminal block.

If you’re soldering wires, consider using the underside solder pads. We added these because we know just how tricky it is to de-solder and re-solder a wire from a pad hole. With the underside pads, it’s much, much easier to re-work and re-use.

We also used M2.5 mounting holes as they’re a popular size with easy-to-source fixings.

Key Features

🤏 Ultra-Compact, horizontal RJ45 breakout with surface-mount, low-profile ‘mid-PCB’ RJ45 connector

📌 RJ45 pins broken out to clearly labelled 2.54mm pads

↩️ Underside solder pads for easy wire soldering and re-work

🔩 M2.5 mounting holes for fiddly-free mounting

🪙 ENIG (Gold) PCB plating for oxidation resistance and durability

💸 8-pin 2.54mm male header strip included!

Board Layout

Resources

• Assembly guide
• 3D Model (STEP)

Dimensions

Please note that the corner radius may vary due to the manual PCB finishing process

Package Contents

• 1x RJ45 Breakout – Horizontal
• 1x 8-pin 2.54mm male header strip