Xiaofan Chen wrote:
> Still I do not think this is a good idea. SIP pins (with standard pitch)
> are cheaper and widely available. I will think it is also much more
> reliable (less problem to break) than the pins used in Basic Stamp.
> http://www.maramil.com/maramilcom_main/product_info.php?products_id=31
> http://www.schmalzhaus.com/UBW/

SIPs are not ideal for our application, they waste quite a bit more board 
space.

See these posts for detailed arguments:

http://forum.sparkfun.com/viewtopic.php?t=13764
http://forum.sparkfun.com/viewtopic.php?t=13699.

Picture of the BS2 pins (from the first thread):
http://macetech.com/edgeclips.jpg

Vitaliy

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