Yep. Unless my search terms are spot on AND the search code is optimal then the paper catalog reigns supreme which is almost every time. On Wed, 24 Oct 2018 02:00 David C Brown wrote: > Thank y'all. > It is getting harder and harder to find stuff on the Farnell web site, th= e > leisurely speed at which it works not helping. > Fortunately I have one of the last of the paper catalogues which is much > easier and quicker to search and |I soon located the part. > > Curious how increased technology actually slows things down so much > throughout life. > Shopping is a good example. Checkouts at small stores used to be much > faster before they introduced electronic tills. > __________________________________________ > David C Brown > 43 Bings Road > Whaley Bridge > High Peak Phone: 01663 733236 > Derbyshire eMail: dcb.home@gmail.com > SK23 7ND web: www.bings-knowle.co.uk/dcb > > > > > *Sent from my etch-a-sketch* > > > On Tue, 23 Oct 2018 at 15:01, AB Pearce - UKRI STFC < > alan.b.pearce@stfc.ac.uk> wrote: > > > Yep, find them at RS as well, here in the UK. > > > > > https://uk.rs-online.com/web/c/connectors/ic-sockets/dil-headers/?searchT= erm=3Ddip%20component%20header > > > > Farnell also has them, but I cannot separate the search out from DIL > > sockets. > > > > > > > > -----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. > > Very > > > useful when messing about changing components a lot. > > > > > > 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 > > > View/change your membership options at > > > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > > > > -- > > Byron A. Jeff > > Associate Professor: Department of Computer Science and Information > > Technology College of Information and Mathematical Sciences Clayton Sta= te > > University http://faculty.clayton.edu/bjeff > > -- > > http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > > View/change your membership options at > > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > > > > -- > > http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > > View/change your membership options at > > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > > > -- > http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > --=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 .