SparkFun Electronics Commentsurn:uuid:214d0e4e-f1b1-d287-ce26-ac5b4c9f82492024-03-28T07:31:52-06:00SparkFun ElectronicsNotDavid4JustDavid on Friday Product Post: Come RVR Here!NotDavid4JustDavidurn:uuid:d6762099-2348-1038-8a19-ed89644e2d062019-03-25T14:09:34-06:00<p>I would have ordered one of the Pro Mini Starter kits if it was available six months ago. Instead, I've had to wait to get the pieces, and having to 'look forward' to cutting up my own female header for the off-grid pins. The Pro Mini boards are great when the final design gets embedded into 'something'. (Regular Arduino boards are just too big.) So it's good to finally see this available.</p>
Customer #134773 on Friday Product Post: Come RVR Here!Customer #134773urn:uuid:5ee16e5f-82dc-d2be-fae2-b9820545c7bd2019-03-22T12:51:35-06:00<p>Hmm... hadn't thought of using the female headers for those "off-grid" pins on the pro-Minis. (I've cut one end off a couple of M-M jumpers and soldered the wire in to get bread-boardable pro-Minis.)<p>Given the fact that I already have several pro-Minis (both 5V and 3.3V) within reaching distance as I type, as well as all of the other components in the "starter kits", I'd like to see the two-pin female headers as a "stand-alone" item, though I suppose I could order something like <a href="https://www.digikey.com/product-detail/en/samtec-inc/SLW-102-01-G-S/SAM1089-02-ND/1104635" rel="nofollow">this</a> from DigiKey. BTW, I do know that I can cut longer <a href="https://www.sparkfun.com/products/115" rel="nofollow">female headers</a>, but my experience is that I end up with rough edges as well as "lost pins" (and I think I do have some on hand).</p></p>