Thanks Daniel, (cool site btw!) I have headers exactly the same on my prototype board set up. Do you have any automation for soldering the female headers or do you hand solder them? Someone has made an automatic header soldering machine which is interesting, but quite a project https://hackaday.com/2015/05/05/open-source-diy-soldering-robot/ . I have also heard of 'pin in paste' headers, which would require some kind of reflow process only on the edge of the board. I'm trying to avoid as many manual assembly processes as possible.
On Saturday, January 30, 2021 at 5:07:18 PM UTC-8 d...@kulp.com wrote: > On Friday, January 29, 2021 at 9:47:08 AM UTC-5 richard wrote: > >> I'm prototyping on a pocketbeagle, but how to scale up for production or >> ~1000 units is unclear. I can buy pocketbeagle retail for $25, but the >> Octavia SIP lists on Digikey at $36 and I have to but 500 parts to get that >> price . So it seems like integrating a pocketbeagle into my product would >> be easier and more cost effective. The only bit I don't know is how to >> solder down a pocketbeagle onto a larger board with automation, any ideas > > > I ended up with the same conclusion of just using the PocketBeagle. My > "capes" have the male pinheaders on them and we solder female headers on > the underside of the PB. > > https://kulplights.com/product/k8-pb/ > https://kulplights.com/product/k40d-pb/ > https://kulplights.com/product/pocketscroller/ > https://kulplights.com/product/k4-pb/ > > They all use the same "PocketBeagle with headers". > > > > > -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to beagleboard+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beagleboard/790024bc-a24c-4528-beac-8a8ee2df2292n%40googlegroups.com.
