[dorkbotpdx-blabber] Test Leads

[David Madden]

Does anybody know what those tiny coil-spring test leads are called, or
where to get them? They slide onto standard square header pins and make
a good connection, but you can twist and wiggle them off pretty easily.

(I used my brand-new, $3 eBay USB-TTL-UART dongle to talk to my Dockstar
last night, and I promptly bricked it by flashing only part of the
bootloader. :-( So now I need to resurrect my JTAG capability, while
connecting to one of those 2mm-pitch 2x5 headers.)
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[Dave Edick]

I used an old PATA 2.5 to 3.5" adapter to break my Dockstar connector out to a regular .1" header.

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[David Madden]

On 8/14/2012 09:08, Dave Edick wrote:
> I used an old PATA 2.5 to 3.5" adapter to break my Dockstar connector out
> to a regular .1" header.

That's a good idea...any sources for 2.5 PATA to 3.5? Do they have them
out at Surplus Gizmos?

[Dave Edick]

I don't know.  I haven't been there in a while.  I'd hit up Free Geek first.  PCH cables doesn't appear to have them.  Here's one from eBay...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Notebook-Laptop-2-5-Hard-Drive-3-5-PC-IDE-PATA-HD-HDD-Cable-Cord-Wire-Adapter-G-/290752825032

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[Jason Barnett]

If you still want the pins, they are called "pogo pins" or "spring loaded pins" and Surplus Gizmos had them last I checked, for about $0.75 ea.