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Yeah, that's a good idea. It's been working well for a week, but perhaps I should replace them for the long term.

It'll be attached to a vertical wall in an out-of-the way location. Needs to be rather locked down.

Here you go! Holes drilled at either end of the microprocessor chip, through space that has no routes.

Done! I put a hole big enough for a #4 machine screw into two places. One as @@RobG mentioned -- it went through the TI logo on the back side. The other was through the rocketship. Board still works! Thanks also for your comment, @@jpnorair. That's basically what I did, except I was eyeballing them. My biggest fear was that this was a 4-layer board and I'd punch through something important. I'm somewhat surprised by the simplicity of the board, based on just those two layers.

I've been looking at the schematic+silkscreen file that comes with the design files. (I don't have any EAGLE viewing software, else I might be more certain of what I'm doing). It looks like, if this really is just a 2-layer board, that I could drill through the TI logo at one end of the socket and through the Launchpad "rocket" at the other end. I don't think I'll hit anything. Anybody want to stop me before I try it?

Has anyone investigated if there are any spots on the MSP430 PCB where holes can be drilled for mounting? I'd like to mount the board, and the double-sided tape I'm using isn't really cutting it. Perhaps I could drill a hole through the launchpad logo or some other spot without cutting any traces? Any ideas? Thanks!!