Electronic – Arduino shield – what should I solder to the pin mounts

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Picked up my first Arduino shield today and I was surprised to see that it doesn't have any pins on it – just empty mount holes. What's the cusomary thing to solder to the shield to get it to mount to my arduino? From what I understand these shields should be stackable so I need to solder something to both the top and bottom sides of the shield.

Best Answer

Sparkfun has a handy package: Arduino Stackable Header Kit.

For the actual Arduino itself, you would use these 0.100" breakaway female headers