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Note that this is an article started by Russ Hensel, see "http://www.opencircuits.com/index.php?title=Russ_hensel#About My Articles" '''About My Articles'''
 
Note that this is an article started by Russ Hensel, see "http://www.opencircuits.com/index.php?title=Russ_hensel#About My Articles" '''About My Articles'''
  
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An almost identical write up of this topic can be found at:  [[https://www.instructables.com/id/Socket-to-Your-Arduino/  Socket to Your Arduino: 6 Steps (with Pictures)]]
  
 
= Parts =
 
= Parts =
  
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== Boards ==
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In this case I am using stripboard, but any PCB board with .1 inch spacing should be good.
  
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[[Image:Sboard1.JPG|400px]]  [[Image:Sboard2.JPG|400px]]
  
[[Image:Sboard1.JPG|400px]]
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== Arduino ==
  
[[Image:Sboard2.JPG|400px]]
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I am using a nano, but there are may Arduinos with this header on the bottom style.
  
 
[[Image:Nano.JPG|400px]]
 
[[Image:Nano.JPG|400px]]
  
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== Header ==
  
* [[Image:Fheader.JPG|400px]]
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This is what female header strip looks like:
  
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[[Image:Fheader.JPG|400px]]
  
* [[Image:Cut header.JPG|400px]]
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Cut it with a fine tooth saw.  I cut through the middle of a pin which is sacrificed.
  
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[[Image:Cut header.JPG|400px]]
  
[[Image:con1.png|400px]]
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== Solder ==
  
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First tack solder the two end pins and adjust to make sure header is straight and all the way in.
  
[[Image:con1.png|400px]]
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[[Image:Tack.JPG|400px]]
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Finish soldering:
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[[Image:Solder.JPG|400px]]  [[Image:Solder dun.JPG|400px]]
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== Done ==
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[[Image:Mont it.JPG|400px]]  [[Image:Finished0.JPG|400px]]  [[Image:Finished1.JPG|400px]]
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Latest revision as of 09:12, 3 February 2018

Introduction[edit]

There is an old tradition in electronics, if a part is expensive or inclined to blow, make it replaceable by putting it in a socket. Sometimes this goes too far as with final circuits that are still on a proto board where everything is in a socket. But if we are using small arduinos like the nano we more or less treat them as a component and putting them in a socket is a good idea. As far as I know sockets for these parts are not made, and the pins on an arduino are not really the normal pins for sockets. However we can make what we need on a strip board or PCB by using 2 rows of female headers. Pictures tell the rest of the story.

Note that this is an article started by Russ Hensel, see "http://www.opencircuits.com/index.php?title=Russ_hensel#About My Articles" About My Articles

An almost identical write up of this topic can be found at: [Socket to Your Arduino: 6 Steps (with Pictures)]

Parts[edit]

Boards[edit]

In this case I am using stripboard, but any PCB board with .1 inch spacing should be good.

Sboard1.JPG Sboard2.JPG

Arduino[edit]

I am using a nano, but there are may Arduinos with this header on the bottom style.

Nano.JPG

Header[edit]

This is what female header strip looks like:

Fheader.JPG

Cut it with a fine tooth saw. I cut through the middle of a pin which is sacrificed.

Cut header.JPG

Solder[edit]

First tack solder the two end pins and adjust to make sure header is straight and all the way in.

Tack.JPG

Finish soldering:

Solder.JPG Solder dun.JPG

Done[edit]

Mont it.JPG Finished0.JPG Finished1.JPG