From: llc@fonz.dk   
      
   On 12/13/25 18:37, Bill Sloman wrote:   
   > On 14/12/2025 2:26 am, john larkin wrote:   
   >> 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.   
   >>   
   >>   
   >> https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01CJDGWRU   
   >   
   > A god bit bulkier than the part I had in mind. 4mm OD is twice the   
   > diameter and four times the area.   
   >   
      
   you can also get 2mm banana plugs/sockets   
      
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