I want to order a ALC board, but I want a simple connection to a 4d systems display with no soldering. I didn’t see the option for male headers, just through holes. am I missing something?
Thanks for reaching out to us on this.
The options available for the design should be listed under the ‘Connections’ tab
Hope this helps, and happy sparking!
in there I only see plated through holes, no male or female headers.
https://i.imgur.com/cnKTCy0.png
I want to be able to connect this guy
https://cdn.sparkfun.com//assets/parts/ … 41-06a.jpg
without soldering
I think you have to solder the headers yourself, they don’t come already assembled.
ok, that was my main reason for building an ALC board though, if I need to solder that, why not just do everything else too?
The amount of work required to solder headers on an already made board vs. designing a PCB, having it made and then soldering all the itsy bitsy parts onto it is like the difference building a sand castle on a beach or building a real castle on a mountain top.
Doesn’t look like sparkfun offers headers on their alc boards at the moment but they are doing 99.99% of the work for you. that extra 0.01% you need to do by soldering headers is really nothing, you can do it in less than a minute once your soldering iron is warmed up.
Since there’s a large variety of connectors, headers, and wires that can attach to the holes, they leave it to the end user to decide what to use. Also, soldering through-hole parts is a separate step, and for custom boards would have to be done by hand anyway.
/mike