qwertyAT:
What do you consider expensive / cheap?Wouldn't the male header still be to long, even if you find small and inexpensive female header?
maybe just buy longer female headers to gain some extra space to your shield?
Well longer femal headres do seem to be dirt cheap. Last buy on ebay got me ten 40pin female headers, for about $4.50USD. shipping included. Those stand off the PCB about 0.330", or 8.4MM.
On the other hand, no such luck on anything low profile, unless I go to a more standard distributor, lie these at Mouser.com...
Those stand off the board about 0.148", or 3.72MM. Quite a difference. But, 10 of those, and only 16 position, would cost $18.60 USD.
So I guess I'm looking for something a little more comparable in price to the higher sanding ones.