[TriEmbed] Seeed Studio test clips vs Adafruit (Hantek) clips Fwd: Re: [Splat Space] Adafruit again

[Pete Soper]

In May I got this set of nine test clips as part of an Adafruit group 
buy in the hopes of getting more holding power:

http://www.adafruit.com/products/401 $19.95 listed price

But with regard to holding onto a test point and not pulling loose with 
the slightest mechanical stress, these Adafruit (actually "Hantek(tm)") 
clips stink compared to the $6 set of clips from Seeed Studio that come 
with a ribbon cable and female header connector:

http://www.seeedstudio.com/depot/open-logic-sniffer-probe-cable-p-619.html?cPath=55_56

However, the Adafruit clips accept two push-on jumpers each that will 
conveniently connect the clip to a protoboard or other connection via a 
standard female header jumper (and the 2nd pin allows for 
daisy-chaining). This implies that with jumpers a set of Adafruit clips 
could be used with individual wires that don't yank on each other, 
possibly making their feeble holding power less of an issue.

Finally, the Adafruit clips will spread out much further, making it 
slightly easier to clip onto the bottom of a full size DIP chip's pin 
where it's soldered into a board. If the DIP is in a socket where only 
the "shoulder" of a pin is accessible then the Seeed Studio clip is 
unusable but the Adafruit clip can be attached.

Regards,
Pete



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