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 ?

  • apfelEnglish
    2•1 year ago

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

    • @ChimrodOPEnglish
      2•1 year ago

      I’ve soldered the female headers on the board:

      The the male on the controler :

      • apfelEnglish
        4•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

        • @ChimrodOPEnglish
          4•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!

          • apfelEnglish
            3•1 year ago

            Just happy little accidents! :)