[NTLUG:Discuss] OT: can someone name that PCB component?

[Burton M. Strauss III]

If it's what I "think" you mean, I've usually heard them called a pad or
'test pad'.

Can you point us at a photo?

-----Burton

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> Hi all,
>
> I'm now trying to figure out the name of a certain PCB-mounted
> component.  Well, not a component so much as a means of
> connection...it's a part that works (and looks) much like a
> single tie point on a breadboard.  Main difference from a
> breadboard tie point is that it's typically shrouded metal, has
> no spring action, and often stands by itself or with only a few
> others.
>
> Normally this sort of thing is there for the purpose of quickly
> debugging a PCB-mounted circuit.  I'm trying to locate some of
> these little things, but it's obviously a little difficult
> without knowing what the thing's called. :-/
>
> TiA,
>
> --
> Kelledin
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