Please bear with me if the answer is ridiculously obvious.
If I solder my OLED display directly into the stripboard I'm using to prototype, and fit the pins of the oled breakout board snugly up against the stripboard, the display doesn't sit high enough to reach the face plate I'm using in front of the stripboard.
Of course I could simply solder it without sitting the breakout board directly on the stripboard, but is there a better (i.e. more secure) way?
I've been staring at PCB headers on uk.mouser.com for the last hour and can't figure out what I need! Are the called "pcb risers", "header sockets", or what?
I need an extra 2.8mm height.
Can someone please tell me what to google for because without knowing the name of the thing it's pretty hard!
hazymat:
If I solder my OLED display directly into the stripboard I'm using to prototype, and fit the pins of the oled breakout board snugly up against the stripboard, the display doesn't sit high enough to reach the face plate I'm using in front of the stripboard.
Of course I could simply solder it without sitting the breakout board directly on the stripboard, but is there a better (i.e. more secure) way?
I've been staring at PCB headers on uk.mouser.com for the last hour and can't figure out what I need! Are the called "pcb risers", "header sockets", or what?
I need an extra 2.8mm height.
How many pins on the OLED and what arrangement (space between rows)?
Maybe low profile IC sockets would suit.
Hi, most oled displays have mounting holes in the corners. Could you use m3 screws and nuts to hold it the right distance above the stripboard? You might have to widen the stripboard holes and cut the surrounding tracks (or make them ground tracks) to avoid shorts.
Alternatively, there are adhesive pcb standoffs made entirely out of plastic, but you might not find any exactly the right height.
2.8mm is about the thickness of the insulating strip on male header pin strips, use
these to solder the module to the board? Assuming its 0.1" pitch (you mention
stripboard so that's v. probable).