[Coco] RGB2VGA Convertors

[Steven Hirsch]

On Fri, 8 May 2015, lciotti at lrlc.us wrote:

>
>> I am currently working on getting the Altera DE-0 Nano programming 
>> software functional.  I have made an error in the gender of the 2 - 
>> 2x20 connectors and I'm waiting for parts to make little 1" cables.  I 
>> have male connectors on both boards to mate together.

> Not to be jerk or anything, but why not just buy the correct gender 
> connector.  Unless there is a component right on to of the connector 
> footprint shouldn't the other gender fit?  I mean they are just through 
> holes right?

Because I'll wager they're already soldered into the piggyback board. 
While it's possible to remove 34 pin (I believe) headers from a 
double-sided PCB, it's not fun and runs a finite risk of lifting traces.

FWIW, I came very close to doing the same thing when assembling my RGB2VGA 
converter :-).

Steve


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