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Are the pins that come with a Pi Zero supposed to just sit in the holes and fall out if I turn it upside down?

No, they're supposed to stay in there because you need to either soder or hammer em with the right pins.

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You need to have the right pins, they come with the hammer jig.

What shishi said. But go with the soldered pins if you can. Sometimes the hammer ones work great, sometimes there are issues.

Taking a hammer to stuff isn't going to produce the most consistent results! 🫣🤣

This is why I recommend buying this setup, because knocking off the WiFi/BT controller is easier than installing the GPIO pins.

Re: this model, unlike the 1.3, comes with a WiFi/BT chip that is easily disabled.

Already have 1.3 in hand.

Yeah definitely use it, I just wanted to put out the information in case you plan to build another or recommend to a friend 🫂🫡

Hmmm my pins didn’t come with a jig. I guess I have to solder

Another pothole: make sure your camera ribbon cable is the right one - if the ribbon is white it's the wrong one.

Supposed to be brown 🤎

I have 3 ribbons for some reason. 1 white, 1 short brown, and 1 long brown

Either of the browns should work depending on what fits in the enclosure you printed/purchased

This should do it