On the Arduino UNO there is a gap between pins 7 & 8, and another between pins A0 & Vin. In the case of 7 & 8, the gap means that the sockets do not match with adjacent pins mounted in a perfboard; A0 & Vin will match 2 of three pins in a perfboard.
Assuming I want to make a shield from perfboard to fit a UNO, and that I need to use pins 7 & 8, I have something of a problem.
I am not going to ask why the UNO pins are spaced that way, they just are - that's all. What I would like to know is how I can get around the problem.
Sadly, if you follow that link you will find that they are 'discontinued'.
I guess it's a case of pin bending.
Thanks, although it is a bit of a nark of a fault, isn't it. I am surprised that any solution is so ad hoc. I am only a beginner and I guess I expect too much. :-\
Trouble is that I want to make a shield not a UNO and the Arduino protoshield does not allow enough space for the peripherals. In this case (I need to connect up a nRF24L01 RF PCB and a Red Wings power supply), I can get away with re-assigning CE and CSN of the nRF20L01 to pins 9 & 10, but I am interested in what happens if someone wants to use pins between 8 & 13 and also pins between 0 & 7?
Our issue here is correcting the alignment of pins 7 & 8 to a standard perfboard. It's a fair bet that someone has come across the problem. If you have, please share your solution with us mere mortals .
Amazon has a nice 10 pack of UNO proto boards. I bought a pack last week and they are very nice. I build a nice Voltage, Temperature and Light sensor array, complete with separate pin header for sensor leads. I used stacking headers to put an SD Logging shield in between the UNO and my proto board.
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