ESP8266 Pico Shim - Reminder - install pin headers first ;-)

[espruino-discuss2]

Posted at 2015-04-18 by DrAzzy

This may seem obvious, it certainly does to me in retrospect...

But don't install the shim before you install the pin header - it blocks you from getting a soldering iron onto the other side of the board to solder the pins on!

[gfwilliams]

Posted at 2015-04-20 by @gfwilliams

Oh - strange... are you putting your shim on the top then?

[espruino-discuss2]

Posted at 2015-04-20 by DrAzzy

I'm doing it just like you show here: http://www.espruino.com/ESP8266

Soldering the pins in then requires getting soldering iron onto the top of the pins, but that path is blocked by the ESP8266. It's do-able, but considerably less pleasant than the other way around.

[gfwilliams]

Posted at 2015-04-20 by @gfwilliams

Ahh, right! Sorry, I was thinking about the shim, not the whole thing with the ESP8266 as well.