Z-Wave module pinout to make it compatible with Pi b+

[Yomet]

@MarkHaysHarris777: My soldering skills are NOT up to par for desoldering and re-soldering components to a PCB, and I assume that most people here are in the same boat, and even if my skills were good enough for that I did not buy a kit but a finished product. If someone wants to start taking apart and reassembling the components then it should be by choice but it should not be necessary.

hi Yomet,  your expenditure falls into one of two camps: 1) you supported the kick-starter, if which case you purchased nothing, but infact invested in Pine Inc as a startup, the rewards for which were "kit components" but certainly not a finished product,  or 2) you purchased "components" from the Pine Store amounting to unassembled "kit components" but again certainly not a finished product.  This is simply an undisputed fact.

In any case , clearly these "components" were never tested together and no promises were made ( that I can find ) that gaurantee that all of these components will actually "go together" as a finished "kit" let alone a formal polished product.

In fact , over-zealous martketing aside , the PineA64 board and accessories amounts to a very sophisticated highly flexible and very powerful hardware and software development platform similar to ( but better than ) the Raspberry PI and|or several other SoC(s) in SBC format.  I'm not arguing against you, mind you, I'm just playing the advocate here; since you addressed me-- my role as a programmer, analyst, and engineer is to help people make the most of this platform as it is; not necessarily as it 'ought' to be. 

Two of my boards are now cased ( my own design ) and being used for a variety of development scenarios ( hardware and software ). One of my boards is still laying all over my desktop as fully functional development "guts" , lit up like a Christmas tree , and satisfying also a wide variety of hardware and software developmental | experimental | features;  It will be some time before its designated purpose on my sailing boat are fully realized.

I have been a member of the DIY and Maker communities for many years and I have been active on the Internet to help other DIY Makers make the best use of their soldering and programming skills ( at whatever skill level ).  My comments should be taken in that vein. I am not as concerned with what these products were designed to do, but rather what I can do with them... I have designed my own fixtures, and I have designed my own software ; I am willing to help you make the most of what you have in front of you , but I am not arguing at all for what 'ought' to be , nor for what ethically or morally is 'right' or 'correct' in this context. 

As a side-bar , I consider soldering ( as also programming ) to be a life skill that people in the 21st century should know and practice;  I realize that not everyone will agree.

First of all, I totally agree that programming and soldering are skills that should be required      I knew how to solder a bit quite a few years ago but my latest excursions into that territory has made me run and hide in view of the total mess I created 

I'll continue the argument for argument's sake:
- I supported the kick-starter and, yes, I invested in Pine Inc. with kit components as a possible reward. I agree with that.
- My terminology was not correct when I said finished product, I should have said something like "assembled kit components", meaning that I did not buy the PCB blank, connectors, resistors, etc as a kit that required extensive assembly in order to work but as an assembled product. Now don't go splitting hairs on me here - Pine calls these things "boards" and "modules" or "POT modules" and I call each of those a finished product. 
- I take pictures of components put together as a kind of promise that they will go together as indicated, referring to the old and new pictures of the Z-Wave modules here. If you want to call that "over-zealous marketing" that's your prerogative, I call it false marketing when the product delivered is so different form the one illustrated that other kit components are rendered useless (thinking about the case here)

I am not an active member of any on-line community but I try to read through and find help where I can, as a last resort I will ask a question on a Forum. However, I am very active building, adapting, modifying and generally "making things work" in my private life. That is the reason why I find both the Raspberry PI and the Pine64 so attractive - you can do whatever you want with them.