peter green <plugwash <at> p10link.net> writes:

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> Martin K wrote:
> > Are there any more reasonably priced alternatives to tag-connect?
> > I'm tired of paying $34 for an ICD/programming cable
> I wonder if the trick shown at https://www.sparkfun.com/tutorials/114=20
> could work, by staggering the pins on a header footprint slightly you=20
> make the header a much firmer fit
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> They did it to make soldering the connector easier but I suspect that=20
> with the pins staggered like that it would make a good enough connection=
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> for programming without being soldered.
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the pads for Eagle from sparkfun library work well for programming without
any header soldered in.  I have done about 15 boards this way. =20

Sergey


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