![]() The plastic parts form a jig that holds the Zero in place and provides both a piece of plastic as a drift on top of the pins and a couple of layers below the Zero to take the load. The jig assembled, with the Zero and pins in place. Straight away I can see the task facing the jig and hammer, to force these pins into the holes, which are not quite big enough to take them. The whole connector does not pass through the holes in the board when it is offered up to them, instead it sits proud of the board and can not be readily pushed through them. ![]() Each pin has been flattened and pierced, into a shape something like the eye of a hand sewing needle. The pins themselves are just the same as their soldered counterparts at the long end, but the short end that fits into the board differs sharply from its more conventional cousin. The bare pins, showing the eye-of-needle ends to the pins. No instructions are shipped with the parts, instead they send you to their website product page upon which they have their video showing how to assemble the parts and fit the connector. Opening the bag from Pimoroni, I found a set of their trademark lasercut plastic pieces, two nylon bolts, and both a set of push-fit pins and a push-fit socket. To that end a GertVGA board stood in for a HAT, as it was the only Pi peripheral I had on hand with the full-sized connector. The plan was to install the pins on a Pi Zero, and then to simulate the life of a typical board in the hands of an enthusiastic youngster by repeatedly plugging and unplugging a HAT. The parts for the jig and connectors from Pimoroni. So to get further into what all the fuss had been about I ordered a Pi Zero and the solderless pin kit to try for ourselves. It’s obvious this was a controversial product, and maybe the Hackaday verdict had been a little summary based on the hammer aspect of the story. Pimoroni, the originator of the product, came in for a lot of flak, with which to give them their due they engaged with good humor. It seems a lot of you agreed, and the comments section of the post became a little boisterous. We were skeptical that they would provide a good contact, and preferred to stick with the tried-and-trusted soldered pins. A few days ago we reported on a new product for owners of the Raspberry Pi Zero, a set of solderless header pins that had a novel installation method involving a hammer.
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