Placement of Raspberry Pi 3B+

Thanks. I put a piece of electrical tape on each board so there's a double-tape barrier where the pieces might touch. Thanks!

Hi John,

You risk a short out if they touch which could potentially damage one or both the boards. I got mine low enough so there was a half to one mm between them and was going to tape some hard plastic insulation between them. For the moment, I'm using a PI Zero, (for lower power), and do not have the issue.

Good Luck

D L

Thanks - I bent the pins forward & the Pi seems to fit. I also suggested an edit to the Google Doc. Do I need to worry if components are touching? If so, what do you recommend I put between the Nyboard and the Pi? Thanks for raising this issue. I was really worried I'd done something wrong.

Thanks for the suggestions.

I ended up considering all options and finally used option B.

Using a fine pair of long nose pliers, I carefully straightened each pin. Then I measured how low I could go against the SW3 jumper, and pin by pin bent each pins slowly down, ensuring for each pin the bend commenced at the same height.

I saved about 5mm and now have about 1-2 mm gap. I did consider putting an insulated plastic strip between the Nybble_v0.2 and RP boards (just in case) but have not needed to do so.

D L

I just realized that the manufacturer used a taller jumper pin...

It's relatively easy to fix. Look at the following cartoon. The blue bar is the side view of NyBoard. A is the current shape of the right-angle jumper pin. You could adjust it by:

B: Use a plier to bend it at a lower position

C: Use a soldering iron to melt and push the pin lower

D: Bend the pin to a lower angle.