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I'm starting to enjoy surface mount - has lots of advantages. Well,=20
except for ease of using a test clip or similar to diagnose an onboard=20
problem. For instance, this morning I'm trying to troubleshoot a SPI=20
issue, and need to connect my Saelae Logic to the SPI pins either on the=20
pic or on the SPI flash.

The PIC is a 64 pin TQFP, which just isn't gonna happen, at least with=20
anything I have.

The micro grabbers I have seem to be able to grab onto the SPI flash=20
pins, but with the pitch, the two grabbers are getting in each other's=20
way and putting strain on the very lightweight grabber portions.

There seems to be a few solutions. For instance=20
http://media.digikey.com/pdf/Data%20Sheets/TPI%20PDFs/SMT%20Test%20Clips.pd=
f=20
, but these are 10 dollars each, or more if you buy the specialized=20
leads which go with them....

Just curious what grabbers/test clips are other people using for surface=20
mount?

-forrest

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