Teensy 4.1 with headers

[edmonds]

Hi,

I saw the answer to https://github.com/kinx-project/kint/issues/43 and watched the soldering video, but I wanted to confirm. If I don't need any LEDs, can I avoid soldering those components (the SMD LEDs, resistors, and the vertical pin header), and use the Teensy 4.1 DEV-20360 variant that includes pre-attached headers? Or are those components required for some reason?

Thanks!

[stapelberg]

The LEDs, their resistors and the vertical pin header can be left off; this is even listed as an advantage of the kinT design:

The kinT makes possible lower-cost builds: if you don’t need the scroll lock, num lock and keypad LEDs, you can use a Teensy LC for merely 11 USD.

Do note that if you buy a Teensy with headers, you might need to clip off the headers below the board in case they stick out too much (not entirely sure if that’s a problem).

[edmonds]

Just to close the loop on this, I built a kinT without LEDs using the Teensy 4.1 with pre-attached headers and it worked just fine. I trimmed the headers down to a proper length for soldering, not sure if it would have fit into the case without trimming but they do stick out a fair bit if not trimmed.