From: jl@glen--canyon.com   
      
   On Sat, 13 Dec 2025 16:20:46 +1100, Bill Sloman    
   wrote:   
      
   >On 13/12/2025 11:32 am, Christopher Howard wrote:   
   >> I started playing around with deadbug and found that it is convenient   
   >> and not as difficult as I imagined. However, I am wondering what to do   
   >> as far as connectors, i.e., if I have a few lines coming in from off the   
   >> board, but I don't really want to clip them right onto the IC pins or   
   >> component wires. Does somebody have any good ideas for me? Maybe is   
   >> there some kind of terminal post out there that can be soldered onto the   
   >> ground plane, without actually making an electrical connection to it?   
   >> Or, maybe one that could be screwed into the copper (after drilling)   
   >> without making an electrical connection to it? Or maybe something else   
   >> involving quick connectors or other nice connectors. I'm basically   
   >> wondering what kind of connectors I could mount on the copper sheet   
   >> without having the connector conducting to the copper.   
   >   
   >There was a solution to your problem - and I used to be able to find it   
   >on the Newark/Element-14 website - where you drilled a roughly 2mm OD   
   >hole in your sheet, and plugged in a circular lump of teflon carrying a   
   >solderable pin.   
   >   
   >It could stand off a couple of kV and was great for setting up   
   >photomultiplier dynode chains.   
      
      
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