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Next up I want to look at the BME280 module (sensor).  The sensors that I ordered came as bare boards again, in that the header pins were not pre-soldered.  

Not too much challenge there, however in this case I want to mount my module 'vertically' in a standing upright orientation and I didn't have any 90 degree header pins at the moment.  If your careful you can mount some regular header pins and then carefully bend them to 90 degrees after soldering.  This is best done with a small set of needle-nose pliers, and just go slowly and carefully.  Although the pins bend quite easily, we don't want to go breaking or damaging the sensor PCB.  I would also advise if you want to try this procedure, bend the pins one at a time as this will put way less stress on the board and the soldered joints. I wouldn't attempt to bend them all at once with a large set of engineers pliers.

First up solder in some regular header pins.  Leave the plastic spacer on the pins until after soldering. After soldering use a tiny screw driver or similar, and carefully slide off the plastic heard pin spacer block before bending the pins.

   

   

   

   

All going well, you should now have a module with 90 degree header pins.  If you feel a little uncomfortable with this procedure, you can always buy some 90 degree header pins at your local electronics store but if its late at night then this technique may keep you moving.