I was just thinking "hey lets make some shields for my Decimilia on perfboard", so I could swap my experiments and dont have to redo everything over and over again on a breadboard.
I ordered some perfboards and.... Due to the gap between the pin 7 and 8 and 0 and Vin a normal perfboard does not fit!
WHY did the designers do that? To sell more professional shields?
I am really unhappy.
Carsten
Just make a perfboard interface that sits between the arduino and your shield.
I can't make such a thing...
Why can't life be easy?
Carsten
PS: A local dealer has perfboard-shields, http://www.segor.de/bilder/0000e548.jpg however I think they are too expensive (6Euros) and they are wasting space
You can make your own sheld using perf board, I do this all the time. Look at:-
http://www.thebox.myzen.co.uk/Hardware/Arduino_Sheld.html
We got the definitive answer as to why the spacing was out by half a hole a few months back from the designer - cockup.
It has been kept that way to keep compatibility with all the shields that have been produced.
Nice one grumpy. Good set of instructions there.
