Best way of permanently attach wires without blocking the screen

Official Hardware UNO Family UNO R4 WiFi
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The headers are great for prototyping, and a proto shield is easy to solder something. The problem is that then, the shield covers the LED matrix on the rev4.

What is the best way of attaching a number of wires while keeping the display visible?

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Hi @davidmh. You might be interested in the creative solution @PickyBiker used of adding a cutout window in the PCB of a custom UNO R4 WiFi shield so that it does not block visibility of the matrix.

You can see the shield at this point in this video:

https://youtu.be/J7KQ1WsRick?si=wIlAs2kqVBzfHtoo&t=87

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Nice. I guess I will have to learn to make PCBs.

I think having a possibility to install a shield on the back would be nice, which would be easier if they sold a version without the plastic headers.

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Here is the .fzz file I started with.

ComposedArduinoR4WifiShield.zip (6.8 KB)

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