# Socket for Spark? **URL:** \ **Category:** Hardware\ **Created:** [January 22, 2014, 10:16pm UTC](https://community.particle.io/t/socket-for-spark/2292 "2014-01-22T22:16:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ClintonKeith](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/community.particle.io/clintonkeith/32/81_2.png) [@ClintonKeith](https://community.particle.io/u/ClintonKeith)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2014, 10:16pm UTC](https://community.particle.io/t/socket-for-spark/2292/1 "2014-01-22T22:16:18Z")
Does anyone know the form factor for a 24-pin socket that I can plug a Spark into? I need to mount it in a project. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![mohit](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/community.particle.io/mohit/32/1971_2.png) [@mohit](https://community.particle.io/u/mohit)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2014, 10:20pm UTC](https://community.particle.io/t/socket-for-spark/2292/2 "2014-01-22T22:20:40Z")
The easiest solution is to use a pair of 12pin female headers to mount the :spark: Core. The width of the Core does not conform to the traditional 24pin DIPs. Someting like this: [http://www.adafruit.com/products/598](http://www.adafruit.com/products/598) You can also get longer ones and break them to size. ---
**Author:** ![ClintonKeith](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/community.particle.io/clintonkeith/32/81_2.png) [@ClintonKeith](https://community.particle.io/u/ClintonKeith)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2014, 1:32am UTC](https://community.particle.io/t/socket-for-spark/2292/3 "2014-01-23T01:32:38Z")
Sadly, I don’t have the clearance for those, but taking your idea, I might be able to find some lower profile ones like these: [http://www.ebay.com/itm/5x-40-pin-1-row-0-1-PCB-Female-Machined-Round-Header-DE1556-/370879400939?pt=LH\_DefaultDomain\_0&hash=item565a228beb](http://www.ebay.com/itm/5x-40-pin-1-row-0-1-PCB-Female-Machined-Round-Header-DE1556-/370879400939?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item565a228beb) Thanks ---
**Author:** ![ricktonoli](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/community.particle.io/ricktonoli/32/20967_2.png) [@ricktonoli](https://community.particle.io/u/ricktonoli)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2014, 2:46am UTC](https://community.particle.io/t/socket-for-spark/2292/4 "2014-01-23T02:46:31Z")
The female headers work great, used that solution myself only thing is it raises the Core quite high off the PCB. Be careful using the 0.1" pins you list from ebay, I have those and they don’t fit. The 0.1" refers to the PCB mounting pins, not the mounting holes, I believe they’re more designed for through-hole IC chips, or the likes. ---
**Author:** ![mohit](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/community.particle.io/mohit/32/1971_2.png) [@mohit](https://community.particle.io/u/mohit)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2014, 9:52pm UTC](https://community.particle.io/t/socket-for-spark/2292/5 "2014-01-23T21:52:18Z")
I agree with what @ricktonoli has to say here. The headers that you mention are meant for ICs with much thinner legs. The headers on the :spark: Core will not mate with these. ---
**Author:** ![ClintonKeith](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/community.particle.io/clintonkeith/32/81_2.png) [@ClintonKeith](https://community.particle.io/u/ClintonKeith)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2014, 10:20pm UTC](https://community.particle.io/t/socket-for-spark/2292/6 "2014-01-23T22:20:36Z")
Thanks all. That saves some time. I’ll keep hunting for headers that are shorter than Arduino shield headers. ---
**Author:** ![kareem613](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/community.particle.io/kareem613/32/1931_2.png) [@kareem613](https://community.particle.io/u/kareem613)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2014, 1:40am UTC](https://community.particle.io/t/socket-for-spark/2292/8 "2014-02-19T01:40:44Z")
Has anybody found a solution to this? I’d like to try to find a nice small packaging solution for my project without a breadboard, but I don’t want to solder my sparkcore to anything. ---
**Author:** ![mattdot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e19b73/32.png) [@mattdot](https://community.particle.io/u/mattdot)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2014, 2:01am UTC](https://community.particle.io/t/socket-for-spark/2292/9 "2014-02-19T02:01:21Z")
Does it need to be removable? Could you just create a footprint of holes on your PCB and solder the spark directly to the PCB? ---
**Author:** ![kareem613](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/community.particle.io/kareem613/32/1931_2.png) [@kareem613](https://community.particle.io/u/kareem613)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2014, 4:45am UTC](https://community.particle.io/t/socket-for-spark/2292/10 "2014-02-19T04:45:34Z")
Yes. If I decide to use the core for something else, I wouldn’t have to have to deal with desoldering it.