Check out http://www.idinet.com

These guys make excellent test pins in many sizes.

I suggest the crown point ones for headers as the
header leads will get trapped by the crown and
contaminants don't get stuck like in the concave
pins.  You can get them with pre attached wires too.

Their catalogue is quite detailed.




> -----Original Message-----
> From: pic microcontroller discussion list
> [mailto:PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU]On Behalf Of David Duffy
> Sent: February 10, 1999 4:27 PM
> To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
> Subject: [OT] test pins
>
>
> Hi everyone,
> I'm doing a PIC project at present with a few .1" headers on it
> for external connections & test points.  Does anyone know of
> a suitable female test recepticle for probing/connecting to the
> individual pins ?  Some way of making jumper leads for going
> between pins on different points would also be useful.  I tried
> using machined pins from IC sockets but they are too small.
> Has anyone done this before ?
> Regards...
>
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