Headers not reaching in step 46 of assembly about lipsync-classic HOT 5 CLOSED

Hey ctag, I noticed the same issue and had the same thoughts (using parts directly from MakersMakingChange/NSS). It seems like the part (female headers) changed, but the assembly manual images weren't brought up to date. They do make a special comment about ONLY using those female headers from DigiKey, but I'm not sure what motivated the change.

The device did work as-is, but I cannot comment on the long-term functionality. Perhaps @igourlay can comment on this?

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Hi ctag and hpigot, I am one of the engineers from MakersMakingChange/NSS.

Thank you for bringing up the issue. The images in step 47 are from older version of LipSync PCBs (Version 2.5). We used right-angle female headers and straight male headers to connect main board to joystick board in version 2.5.

We switched to right-angle male headers and straight female headers instead in version 2.6.
You would need to use the headers specified in the list of components as not all the common headers would work due to their height difference.

I hope it helps and we will update the pictures in step 47 in the next update.

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Thanks for the input milador. Perhaps in 2.7 the connection between the headers could be made more deeply; at the moment the male headers barely touch the female headers and it does seem out of place during construction.

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@hpigot Thank you for your feedback.We will look into it and update you.

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Thank you for the responses. I'm glad I wasn't going crazy looking at those pictures.

As hpigot wrote, the headers just barely reach. I did use the vertical female headers linked to in the manual (part #12) but used generic right angle male headers (part #11).

Since I plan to hold on to this lipsync as a reference when making future ones, I went ahead and soldered the joint for now, which seems to work nicely.

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