by dhead666 » Sun May 05, 2013 11:48 am 
			
			$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('jonnojohnson', 'M')y soldering is pretty terrible but I might know some folks who could help.
I'd really like to solder down a header on the PPv4 rather than strip of those black connectors and solder wires directly to it. The PPv4 seems to have 2mm pitch spacing. Anyone soldered a header to it?
My experience in the matter is limited but I don't think this is good idea.
You'll need some kind of smt header but it will only be held by the 4 serial solder pads and any pressure from the header could damage the pads.
Better solder some wires and tape them to the board for support.
You'll only need the serial port to be able to boot from serial if your uboot is corrupted and to set the netconsole (if you didn't/can't set it from linux), after your netconsole is set you really don't need the serial.
(allot of info about netconsole in this forum and the doozan forums).