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[Outthereman]

[font="'courier new', courier, monospace;"]Hi[/font]

 

[font="'courier new', courier, monospace;"]I am busy doing a project (battery management system for a 4x4) where i want to mount the netduino module on a breadboad. The reason for this is mainly vibration and i want pin connections instead of wires as far as possible.[/font]

 

[font="'courier new', courier, monospace;"]My problem is that i do not want to mount the Netduino module face down. (Want to be able to access the reset button, sd card etc ...) All the input and output pins facing upwards.[/font]

 

[font="'courier new', courier, monospace;"]Possible solutions:[/font]

 

[font="'courier new', courier, monospace;"]1) Unsolder the connector blocks and turn them around. (What is the risk of damaging the module?)[/font]

 

[font="'courier new', courier, monospace;"]2) Build a connector block next to the current blocks and link the pins with a piece of veraboard. (see attached image)[/font]

 

[font="'courier new', courier, monospace;"][font="georgia, serif;"]Any other suggestions?[/font][/font]

 

[font="'courier new', courier, monospace;"][font="georgia, serif;"]Thanks[/font][/font]

[font="'courier new', courier, monospace;"][font="georgia, serif;"]Wil[/font][/font]

[JerseyTechGuy]

Why use a breadboard in the first place?  Maybe a shield that extends the reset button so it's accessible and has terminal screw connections (thus no vibration issues).

 

http://www.freetroni...no#.URdf_PJ5t8E

 

or

 

You could use the screw shield (wing style) https://www.sparkfun.../products/9282? coupled with a Protoshield for your circuitry http://www.freetroni...rt#.URdhF_J5t8E

[Outthereman]

[font="'lucida sans unicode', 'lucida grande', sans-serif;"]Hi Dave[/font]

 

[font="'lucida sans unicode', 'lucida grande', sans-serif;"]The Netduino plus 2 has the extra pins for the i2c bus. I use the i2c interface for my rtc. The proto boards we can get hold of in South Africa does not cater for the new i2c pins. [/font]

 

[font="'lucida sans unicode', 'lucida grande', sans-serif;"]For me it would have been nice if the netduino pins extended to the bottom as well. Then i could decide to have my Netduino on top of my shields or on the bottom.[/font]

 

[font="'lucida sans unicode', 'lucida grande', sans-serif;"]Wish i could get hold of the screwshield! That can work for me! [/font]

[JerseyTechGuy]

That is definitely one of the issues.  There are not many proto shields that handle the extended I2C pins.  I'm in the process of designing one for my own purposes.