I'm wanting to use my Uno with my home brewed shield for a home automation project. I am planning on using SparkFun's high quality, machined pins for connecting to the Uno. Will this connection be suitable for long term use? (5-10 years) The project will not be subject to vibration, etc.
Thanks,
No those won't fit square pins as used in Arduino shields. Those are about 0.85mm diagonal and small pin headers are 0.5mm.
Hmmm, so if I use the stackable header pins:
...will this hold up for long term use?
...are you sure these won't fit into an uno?
There's no specs on them, but the specs for the matching header shows .51 mm
My basic question/corcern is: Is a header/pin connection good for long term use? That's all I'm worried about. That's why I thought I'd get the better pins.
Yes - its the same technology as quality IC sockets I think. If you are really worried and its an outdoor environment you can go for gold-plated connectors.