Cheap 4x4 button matrix US$8.33

[DrBunsen]

4x4 Matrix Keypad with DIL header.  US$8.33, price breaks at qty 10, 25, 50, 100.

From Sunrom, who have a bunch of other interesting stuff

It'd be handier if the DIL header was on the back  :-\

[Jidis]

Seems like it would be straight individual connections with all those pins (unless they waste a bunch of them).

I like that digit display (...but then, I like all digit displays :))

George

[Chavotronic]

It'd be handier if the DIL header was on the back  :-\

Just sold it at the back like this:

Just dont push the header completely in the PCB and you'll have some place to solder

[DrBunsen]

Well if the throughs are plated you could solder it on the front side too.

[Wilba]

Sorry, I don't get it... what's so great about this 4x4 button matrix? No diodes to prevent ghosting, DIL socket on the wrong side for frontpanel usage, tactile switches with shafts so short you can't poke them through a front panel... sounds like a lot of compromising just to avoid soldering your own. You should be able to make your own with longer shaft switches, diodes and some prototyping board, for less money (OK, maybe an hour or two of soldering) and it's exactly what you want.