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Can you buy ND+2 without the female headers soldered on?


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#1 65tux

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Posted 09 July 2013 - 05:28 PM

Or even better - can the be purchased with the headers facing down?  We plant to mount these onto our own circuit board so would be easier if the headers faced down...



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Posted 09 July 2013 - 07:38 PM

It would be pretty easy to get those headers off even with minimal soldering skills.  I realize that doesn't answer your question, but hopefully the stock setup isn't a dealbreaker for you.  



#3 Anthony Glenwright

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Posted 10 July 2013 - 02:05 AM

+1 (I have been thinking the same thing)



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Posted 10 July 2013 - 09:51 AM

I would guess not, and if you could would probably be a custom run for headerless boards.

 

Why cant you just mount your existing board as a shield?

 

Other than that the CAD files for the boards are on the downloads page, so there is nothing stopping you reworking the boards for your own needs.

 

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Posted 10 July 2013 - 04:53 PM

yes, reverse the header pins on your board and mount the np2 'upside down' with respect to what you are originally thinking.



#6 65tux

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Posted 11 July 2013 - 02:26 PM

We can mount it upside down but it would make access to the network jack a bit of a pain - and it's so pretty we don't want to hide it!  Plus the network lights are useful for troubleshooting.

 

Our circuit board is much bigger and the whole thing is going into an enclosure with customer-wired terminal blocks so if we don't switch the pin headers on the ND, we will either have to mount it under our circuit board or upside down.  Under again has the issue of accessing the network jack and we would have to have large standoffs to get the board high enough.

 

Just a thought - was hoping we weren't the only ones to have asked.



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Posted 11 July 2013 - 07:38 PM

I was in a similar situation ended up moving the headers until the nd's jacks lined up on the edge of my board.

#8 Anthony Glenwright

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Posted 12 July 2013 - 04:07 AM

I've got mine (the Netduino that is) screwed into the top of the board with jumpers running from the headers to various places on my board.  Handy for a prototype, won't be so good for the "real thing".

 

Does anyone know any "tricks" for getting the arduino-layout headers to fit into a standard 2.54mm prototype board layout?

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Posted 12 July 2013 - 04:37 AM

I've got mine (the Netduino that is) screwed into the top of the board with jumpers running from the headers to various places on my board.  Handy for a prototype, won't be so good for the "real thing".

 

Does anyone know any "tricks" for getting the arduino-layout headers to fit into a standard 2.54mm prototype board layout?

 

Excellent question, Tony. I've been thinking about the same thing as applied to both the ND family, and the gang next door.

 

Other question is one of, what is everything in your photo doing?

 

One interesting point: the gang next door have created a family of devices who do not wear headers. One such expects people to directly fasten the wires to the holes where the headers sit. Although the only one I saw outside of the website, did have them installed. I believe the user was using it as a debugging target for his eventual idea. He then took the processor behind it, all, programmed it accordingly, and created a something-of-a-sort on a board that matched that similar design. Let's just say it worked.

 

Chris, because the designs are all open source, is it possible for any of us to build a device which is a "work alike", but doesn't wear those headers? Because something tells me that it might cost an exorbitant amount of money for even three of the things not wearing those headers. Or even arranged the way you want Tony.


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