Ginsly
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I really, really like the clips Peak uses. I have some comparable ones I need to connect wire to - shame I don't have anything thicker than 22, this is a good idea.
Solderless PCB Sockets For Testing
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Ginsly
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Funny, that's what I was thinking of when you mentioned m/f headers! Sawing those apart is a chore, then you have to clip/sand the remnants of the sacrificed "middle" on each "liberated" socket... yeesh
oh, here's the thing I figured out that I forgot
forum.pedalpcb.com
Solderless transistor auditioning
Yeah. I know. It's called a bread board. Typical engineer trying to find a solution to a problem no one complained about, I had a stroke or a stroke of genius. Not sure which. Basically, grab some long male on male headers and some female on female Dupont wires. Snip a 3 pole piece of header off...
forum.pedalpcb.com
these work for me. snip a single off the bunch and if it doesn't fly into orbit, snip again. then crush with pliers.
or there's always fire.
Ginsly
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Nice! It'll be slightly wonkier using two single header pins to say, audition resistor values, but this is actually a good trick to know.oh, here's the thing I figured out that I forgot
Solderless transistor auditioning
Yeah. I know. It's called a bread board. Typical engineer trying to find a solution to a problem no one complained about, I had a stroke or a stroke of genius. Not sure which. Basically, grab some long male on male headers and some female on female Dupont wires. Snip a 3 pole piece of header off...
Heh, I use my "off brand" clippers for this kinda harsh treatment... Nothing like hard plastic to shorten a micro cutter's life!
Those are pretty cheap if you buy a few at a time. I keep 2 pair around. The new ones and the old ones.
Ginsly
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Would you happen to know if that solid core wire is 18 or 20 awg?
Nostradoomus
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pretty sure it's 20, I'll double check with my calipers when I get home later
Feral Feline
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Survey says...?
Ginsly
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I got some 20 and 18 solid core, and even the 18 is a little loose in the In/Out/+/- pads… A little solder on em helped a bit, but I might get some 16 and file it down a bit.
For top and bottom IO and power use these
You'll need to Dremel down the one for power so it can fit between the pots. I'd recommend running a shop vac while doing so. Don't want to breathe in the fiberglass from the pcb.
Ginsly
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I'll give those another look, I keep forgetting about em!
There are times when I'm testing a board that's up on a pcb holder, though - in those cases just flying some snug wires into the pads is less cumbersome than attaching something like this.
I've never ordered from AliExpress (I was never sure if I could trust it..?), but it's clearly the cheapest game in town for a lot of this crap. Maybe it's time to bite the bullet...
Nostradoomus
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Haha dang it. It’s 20
Feral Feline
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For power/in/out/and-the-like, I use these modded alligator clips that give a little bit more wiggle-room than the clothes-peg style all-in-one pinners.
PS: I do intend to get the clothespeg style ones, too, just keep putting it off.
PS: I do intend to get the clothespeg style ones, too, just keep putting it off.
Ginsly
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This is what wound up working best, at least for In/Out/Ground/9v connections. Solid connection, nice and secure. Had some decent clips and attached some flexible silicone-sleeve wire to them. Not sure if this is what you had in mind for the hook clips @Nostradoomus, but so far so good! These are not quite as nice as the one Peak uses (anybody know..?), but miles better than the ones you get with say, a TC-1. Ick.
A little tougher for mid-pcb areas, but they still do the trick. I tried using the hooks with some cheapie pop-in test points, but they are maddening to work with! These little bastards:
A little tougher for mid-pcb areas, but they still do the trick. I tried using the hooks with some cheapie pop-in test points, but they are maddening to work with! These little bastards:
fontoponto
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I have a bag of these little things
But I don‘t know the exact english term. Literally translated these are soldering nails. Perfect for various clips but as they are soldered they are most probably only usefull for cable connections where this things stays in place and the cable gets soldered to.
This could also be a cool thing if you have a few pads in a row.
But I don‘t know the exact english term. Literally translated these are soldering nails. Perfect for various clips but as they are soldered they are most probably only usefull for cable connections where this things stays in place and the cable gets soldered to.
This could also be a cool thing if you have a few pads in a row.
Ginsly
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Those little nails might actually be helpful, but the size of different pads fluctuates so they might be too loose or too big to fit certain pads on certain boards. So far the hooks have fit every pcb I’ve tried!I have a bag of these little things
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But I don‘t know the exact english term. Literally translated these are soldering nails. Perfect for various clips but as they are soldered they are most probably only usefull for cable connections where this things stays in place and the cable gets soldered to.
This could also be a cool thing if you have a few pads in a row.
GAStan
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Pomona brand. Pricey but worth it. Get the pre-made ones, you'll probably spend more to get the clips and make them up yourself. Available in different lengths and colors.
