> http://media.digikey.com/photos/Parallax%20Photos/BS2-IC.jpg
> What are these pins called? Are they available off-the-shelf?

http://www.tycoelectronics.com/catalog/feat/en/c/17979
www.semitek.cz/tyco/amp_konektory/general/1654210_leadframes.pdf
(ignore the google warning)

I hope you find another manufacturer apart from TYCO, please let me know 
if you do.

We had to use a rare type of those in a product for a demanding customer 
(oil refinery valves, all parts had to be exactly as specified) and the 
manufacturer of the valves had to buy a ridiculous amount of pins from 
TYCO, the MOQ was 1,000,000 pins or something like that.

Djula
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