Arduino Nano 33 BLE with Headers [ABX00034]

could have done with the headers in the packet rather than soldered on. but I have been informed I could have bought without headers pre-soldered

This is my second Nano 33 BLE. The first was without headers (they were supplied but not soldered on). The problem with this 'with headers' board is that arguably they're on the wrong side. If you want to mount the board conveniently so you can get at the USB socket and see the LED, you have to mount it pins down. I guess this OK if you're plugging the whole board into a female header, but otherwise it's almost impossible to mount because long M1 bolts are hard to come by.The other problem is that the Arduino BLE library is poorly documented and quite buggy, and depending on what you want to do you may hit obscure problems - I spent many hours tracking down a flaw in the library which stopped my application working after a random period.However, at such an incredibly low price for such powerful hardware it's perhaps churlish to complain!

I had the unfortunate luck to get a model that has a broken Bluetooth antenna. Because of this the BLE has a range on about 3 meters. Unfortunately the return window closed before I figured out what was going on. Now I can use this for what I wanted.

Ok