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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:<br>
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$19.95 listed price<br>
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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:<br>
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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.<br>
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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.<br>
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Regards,<br>
Pete<br>
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