Seems every shield in existence is designed with one PTH part or another directly above the USB connector, making for shorts left and right. I don't know about anyone else but to me 'Tape on the shroud' seems like a hokey workaround to a (in my opinion) major design flaw.
Has anyone considered using a mini-b connector instead of the full one? I for one would love to see a Mini-b board.
Has anyone considered using a mini-b connector instead of the full one?
You mean like Seeeduino boards:
They also provide extra solder pads so all the shield connectors can be on a .1" X .1" grid to facilitate using standard perf board shields.
Lefty
Also the NKC and Solarbotics Freeduino clones also use mini-B connectors.
Seems every shield in existence is designed with one PTH part or another directly above the USB connector, making for shorts left and right. I don't know about anyone else but to me 'Tape on the shroud' seems like a hokey workaround to a (in my opinion) major design flaw.
Well I think all the shields I have account for that and position components around it. Yeah it can be a problem. Thick tape does work fine though.
Mowcius