What kind of socket to use ? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by Chimrod@lemmy.world to c/ergomechkeyboards@lemmy.world

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Hello,

I’m building my first keyboard (a dumbpad), and I have a basic question which should be easy to solve when you know how to do it.

I’ve choosen to socket the microcontroller (in case of error, bad choice…) but I have now a question for putting the screen above: what kind of header should I use ? Is there high profile header or should I stack multiples headers ?

What would you use for this ?

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[-] apfel@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

Wait, you socketed the controller and then put those sockets into more sockets?

[-] Chimrod@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

I've soldered the female headers on the board:

The the male on the controler :

[-] apfel@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I see. So you have two sets of sockets: soldered ones (those on your controller) and hot-swappable ones (those on your board), and you've stacked them. It will probably work fine, but the usual approach is using only one of these.

Example for the hot-swappable ones:

Hot-swappable sockets on board, pins on controller

Controller fitted into socket

[-] Chimrod@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Thanks ! I understand what I did wrong. I do not have the motivation to remove the header from the controller and put them in a proper way. I will keep it as is — as the result from my first attempt to solder my keyboard!

Now I have to find a way to stack three layer for the screen!

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