When doubling up single row headers, be aware that sometimes they can be 'keyed'. The black plastic piece that holds the pins can be convex on one side and concave on the other. This allows them to kind of snap together. Orienting them incorrectly can spread apart the rows to and cause them to be misaligned.
Brilliant!!! Fixturing is what divides the fabricator from the guy assembling stuff. I swear, if I watch enough of these vids, one of you guys is gonna tell me how to build a working time machine that generates winning Powerball numbers...
Looks like you're video frequency is increasing. Keep it up! Very, very nicely done video with great lighting and camera angles. You're going places!!!
I thought this was a really good video. But my main takeaway which is probably lesser than the whole -> I will forever be calling my fan a fume extractor from this point forward. OB PROTIP: You also might want to use shims to ensure you got the pins laying flat in the short (width) direction as well. You don't always need it, but if the zero lays exactly right on one axis, but off on the other, you end up with things being less than square. Shims are good for avoiding that.
What kind of solder and what temperature did you use? How was your header oriented (long pins up)? Just some questions that a total noob would watch this video for
Dave, thanks, love your channel. I realize the age of this video based on your price references, but still relevant content. I have a couple of questions. Which side should the pins protrude for a hat? Does it matter? Would I be wrong to use an extra long female 40 pin facing the main side of the board and for versatility let the extra long male pins protrude out the bottom of the board? The next question is about solder paste, is it appropriate or adverse to use solder paste when securing the header pins? Sorry if these noob questions are elementary, but I trust your expertise and experience. Thank you Sir!
You should move the header closer to the edge of the perfboard so that the miniHDMI is out from under the perfboard. The mHDMI connector is taller than the plastic part of the header so the Pi will not be lying parallel to the perfboard and the header will be crooked if you have the perfboard extending out.
Andy Timmons the adafruit website it has all the pis and everything you will use with them for cheap. It's 5 dollars for the zero and 10 for the zero w
Andy 10 US dollars is the retail price of the Pi Zero. As Angry Piper mentioned you can find them at that price at Adafruit, also the Pi Hut has them as well. If you are outside of the US then try Pimoroni in the UK, that''s where I pick mine up.
When doubling up single row headers, be aware that sometimes they can be 'keyed'. The black plastic piece that holds the pins can be convex on one side and concave on the other. This allows them to kind of snap together. Orienting them incorrectly can spread apart the rows to and cause them to be misaligned.
Fantastic! I'm waiting on a Pi Zero and my soldering skills are mediocre at best, thanks for the reassuring video and the great tip!
Brilliant!!! Fixturing is what divides the fabricator from the guy assembling stuff. I swear, if I watch enough of these vids, one of you guys is gonna tell me how to build a working time machine that generates winning Powerball numbers...
I think a Time Machine is a bit too much for an Arduino - perhaps I'll use a Raspberry Pi!
Looks like you're video frequency is increasing. Keep it up! Very, very nicely done video with great lighting and camera angles. You're going places!!!
Thank you, appreciate the comment. Working on a few more videos right now!
This is exactly what I needed to see to add the GPIO header to my raspi zero w. Thank you!
Glad to be of service! I'm filming a video on the Zero W right now, should be out in a few days.
I learned a lot from you awsome videos!! You explain all the thing clear as a crystal and it is very easy to follow you and make amazing projects.
Man, amazing room you have right there!
Came here for the tutorial. Stayed for the meticulously organized shop. Thanks for the soldering tip!
Great tip with the perf board.
I thought this was a really good video. But my main takeaway which is probably lesser than the whole -> I will forever be calling my fan a fume extractor from this point forward.
OB PROTIP: You also might want to use shims to ensure you got the pins laying flat in the short (width) direction as well. You don't always need it, but if the zero lays exactly right on one axis, but off on the other, you end up with things being less than square. Shims are good for avoiding that.
Thanks. If only I had some perf board.
Love that workshop!
I don't know if PIs are static sensitive but I think you are wise to use a wrist strap.
Why the soldering iron doesn't burn the Raspberry Pi Zero circuit board? It's very hot, isn't it?
What kind of solder and what temperature did you use? How was your header oriented (long pins up)? Just some questions that a total noob would watch this video for
Dave, thanks, love your channel. I realize the age of this video based on your price references, but still relevant content.
I have a couple of questions.
Which side should the pins protrude for a hat? Does it matter? Would I be wrong to use an extra long female 40 pin facing the main side of the board and for versatility let the extra long male pins protrude out the bottom of the board?
The next question is about solder paste, is it appropriate or adverse to use solder paste when securing the header pins?
Sorry if these noob questions are elementary, but I trust your expertise and experience.
Thank you Sir!
You should move the header closer to the edge of the perfboard so that the miniHDMI is out from under the perfboard. The mHDMI connector is taller than the plastic part of the header so the Pi will not be lying parallel to the perfboard and the header will be crooked if you have the perfboard extending out.
neat little tid bit. subbed!
u helped me guyz thanx
Why didn’t you use flux on the joint before soldering ?
What flux do you use on this video?
Where can you get a pi zero w for ten dollars?
Andy Timmons the adafruit website it has all the pis and everything you will use with them for cheap. It's 5 dollars for the zero and 10 for the zero w
Andy 10 US dollars is the retail price of the Pi Zero. As Angry Piper mentioned you can find them at that price at Adafruit, also the Pi Hut has them as well. If you are outside of the US then try Pimoroni in the UK, that''s where I pick mine up.
DroneBot Workshop pi hut in the UK stocks them regularly too.
I use a hammer to get the headers attached to the pi
Thank you very much for the information by this tutorial for me it's very clear so it's comprehensible thank you again .
You are very welcome!