Mounting an ESP8266-1 on a breadboard or stripboard

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Mounting an ESP8266-1 on a breadboard or stripboard

By kolban
- Tue Jun 16, 2015 12:13 am #20555 While playing with nRF24 devices, I came across a technique for adding those to breadboards. Since the ESP8266-1 has the same issue when working with breadboards and stripboard, here is a link to the article that may be of use:

http://neilkolban.com/tech/attaching-an-nrf24-to-a-breadboard/
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Re: Mounting an ESP8266-1 on a breadboard or stripboard

By HermannSW
- Tue Jun 16, 2015 3:59 am #20577 Thank you so much for that hint !

Just bought 5 x 8pin with 10mm length for 1.98$ at dealextreme (they do have free shipping to Germany):
http://www.dx.com/p/1-x-8p-2-54mm-dip-type-female-pin-headers-black-5-pcs-335303#.VX_km3WUdDO
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From your link:
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Looks MUCH nicer than what I soldered last weekend ;-)
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Hermann,
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