Where do I find the 18 mm pin headers to connect the Raspberry Pi zero to the mainboard?  

RE: Where do I find the 18 mm pin headers to connect the Raspberry Pi zero to the mainboard?

Are you looking for a cable?

RE: Where do I find the 18 mm pin headers to connect the Raspberry Pi zero to the mainboard?

Electronics shop , but you cannot buy individual pins.  You can buy connectors or terminal parts - but your (totally unsupported, outdated ) RPI0 should already have the terminals - all you need is the cable with the header attached.

RE: Where do I find the 18 mm pin headers to connect the Raspberry Pi zero to the mainboard?

your (totally unsupported, outdated ) RPI0 should already have the terminals

That depends which version you bought - they are available without for those who need a low profile and don't mind soldering direct.   It's neither unsupported nor outdated BTW, Prusa are planning to use a lot more of them, horses for courses...

Any electronic equipment supplier will be able to source the pins but you might face a large minimum order...

For hobbyists (us) try Adafruit or Pimoroni.

Er, start here:    https://shop.pimoroni.com/?q=headers

Cheerio,

RE: Where do I find the 18 mm pin headers to connect the Raspberry Pi zero to the mainboard?

And the headers generally come in a 25 or 50 pin length that you cut down. You'll play heck finding a 16 pin version for sale.

RE: Where do I find the 18 mm pin headers to connect the Raspberry Pi zero to the mainboard?

@diem

Yeah, I've sort of decided to get a Raspberry Pi 3 and just hook it up via the USB port. 

RE: Where do I find the 18 mm pin headers to connect the Raspberry Pi zero to the mainboard?

@jdstevens1275

You can do that or order one of the special cables for 8.95.  

RE: Where do I find the 18 mm pin headers to connect the Raspberry Pi zero to the mainboard?

I got it off of amazon.  I ended up going with the full RPI 3B that I have laying around instead.

RE: Where do I find the 18 mm pin headers to connect the Raspberry Pi zero to the mainboard?

I'm an old hoarder, so I have a box of wirewrap DIP sockets and I was able to pull pins from them, they were just right. Find an old EE person and rummage through their junk box. In the '80s this is how prototypes were made. Anyone remember wirewrap?

RE: Where do I find the 18 mm pin headers to connect the Raspberry Pi zero to the mainboard?

If you're going to add a Zero, you might as well upgrade to the pi3A+.  Highly recommend it.

https://www.prusaprinters.org/prints/70609-raspberry-pi3a-mount-for-prusa-mk3s-with-csi-camer
https://www.prusaprinters.org/prints/31482-raspberry-pi3a-mount-for-prusa-mk3mk3s

RE: Where do I find the 18 mm pin headers to connect the Raspberry Pi zero to the mainboard?

@livius

Maybe I'll upgrade at some point, I have a pi4, but for now the Zero works fine for my needs. I just want to be able to load and print parts without the SD during development, and the Zero with OctoPrint does that fine. I still use SD for final product so I have the native power fail feature.