1 yr. ago • 100%

What kind of socket to use ?

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

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- I've soldered the female headers on the board:
  
  The the male on the controler :
  
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  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:
  
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