Yep, find them at RS as well, here in the UK. https://uk.rs-online.com/web/c/connectors/ic-sockets/dil-headers/?searchTer= m=3Ddip%20component%20header Farnell also has them, but I cannot separate the search out from DIL socket= s. -----Original Message----- From: piclist-bounces@mit.edu On Behalf Of Byron = Jeff Sent: 23 October 2018 13:32 To: Microcontroller discussion list - Public. Subject: Re: [EE]. Terminology again Here you go. "DIP Header" and "DIP component carrier" gets better results. https://www.jameco.com/shop/keyword=3DDip-Header BAJ On Tue, Oct 23, 2018 at 12:54:09PM +0100, David C Brown wrote: > There used to be little widgets which would plug into an IC socket or > solder to a PCB and onto which you could mount discrete components. Ver= y > useful when messing about changing components a lot. >=20 > We called them component headers but that search term doesn't find them. > Any ideas? > -- > http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive=20 > View/change your membership options at=20 > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist -- Byron A. Jeff Associate Professor: Department of Computer Science and Information Technol= ogy College of Information and Mathematical Sciences Clayton State Universi= ty http://faculty.clayton.edu/bjeff -- http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/chang= e your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclis= t --=20 http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .