[NTLUG:Discuss] OT: component named and found!

[Kelledin]

On Friday 26 November 2004 08:42 pm, Burton M. Strauss III wrote:
> If they're truly old fashioned test pads, they're just created
> as part of the PCB layout - just run a trace from "some
> interesting point" to "some place with room" and don't put a
> drill hole in the 'connection'.

Well, this is definitely not part of the etching layout.  It's a 
separate component that's soldered on--and the more I look at 
it, the more I think it might just be a SIP socket.

As it is, though, I took the name and ran with it a bit...turns 
out what I need is called a "test point," and mill-max.com 
manufactures quite the metric buttload of them.

http://www.mill-max.com/pin_rec_catalog/productinfo.cfm?webpartnumber=8401&start=1&leaddiameterrange=%2E025%2D%2E037%20%2E025%20sq%20post&pin_or_rec=rec&Part_Description=Receptacle%20with%20a%20Standard%20Tail&taildiameter=0.031&tailtype=Soldertail&mountingfeature=&mountinghole=&bodylength=&search=&pr=Rec

Available for 12 cents apiece at DigiKey. :)

Thanks all for the help!

--
Kelledin
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