gunrunnerjohn posted:....Why does the male/female pair take up more room if you solder the female to the DSC-RC and the male to the daughter board as opposed to the other way?
I wasn't quite clear.
First, I'm assuming we're talking about the common male pin and female socket strips as shown above. We can dig up DigiKey numbers later.
You're correct of course that it doesn't matter whether which board hosts the male and which hosts the female. The total vertical space between the two boards is the sum of the black body portions of two parts. But it's the overall height from the top of the existing DCSRC board to the top of the new board with components included. As shown above if the components are mounted downward facing, the overall height is less.
The issue is there is a vertical clearance limit from the top of the existing DCSRC board to some "ribs" molded into top lid of the DCSRC case. I can itemize the measurements but first want to confirm we're talking apples-apples.
There are other male-female 0.1" connector pairs that sit lower but I was figuring the type shown above are the most readily available and probably the most inexpensive.
