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Attie Grande

Has anyone else discovered this fantastical trick with these grabbers?

You can poke their nose through PTH, and grab a little bit of wire on the other side... it makes a great and really solid connection!

A photo showing a small PCB side-on, with a battery. Not much of the board is visible. Ten grabbers are attached to the PCB, each with a colored wire.
A photo showing the PCB from the opposite side to the grabbers. Thin wire that still has its insulation on has been grabbed by the hooks.
9 comments
Dominic

@attie oo, need to remember that. Could save a few tedious reworks.

doragasu

@attie Wait, what! Clever, thanks for sharing!

perigoso

@attie Oh! No, that is an awesome top, thanks!

Robert J. Berger

@attie Got a link to a supplier for such grabbers? Thanks!

Attie Grande

@wonka @rberger That looks about right! πŸ‘

The grabbers in the photo are from Saleae, but I think I have some EZ-Hook around somewhere...

These look promising too: uk.rs-online.com/web/p/miniatu

There are also some much smaller variants, like "SDK08 Test Hook".

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