u/BeginningRelative100

How to connect these male header pins?

Hello all, I’m on my soldering phase to create this homeThing DAP. But before I start soldering the headers onto my display and encoder PCB, I want to make sure I choose the correct headers (right angle or normal).

I’m not sure the general method to connect these male pins together. I have a feeling female-to-female jumper wires aren’t available in super short lengths to fit in a build like this.

Are there any other options? I’ve heard about a perfboard, I’m not sure if it’ll be a better idea. If so, maybe I’d have to use normal straight male headers instead of right angle ones?

u/BeginningRelative100 — 6 days ago

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Breakout Board with non soldered headers

I recently got a breadboard and I want to prototype my parts. However, it seems using headers on the breadboard isn't very useful because the PCB placed on top of the headers (headers are placed on the breadboard) are not really secure. It's like the PCBs have to be tilted at an angle to get the most amount of contact with the header pins.

I'm using the correct pitch and width headers.

TLDR:
Do I really have to solder headers onto my PCBs so I can place the PCB+header on breadboard effectively?

Because if I don't do so, just placing the PCB onto the headers, the connection isn't very secure/reliable. Unless there's some fix? I want to continue using the breadboard.

https://preview.redd.it/sriqhe5f7iug1.png?width=3024&format=png&auto=webp&s=5fd1434392089d13ec14fe5196ce3d13dccd8fa4

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u/BeginningRelative100 — 11 days ago