From: jl@glen--canyon.com   
      
   On Sat, 13 Dec 2025 18:15:01 -0800, wmartin  wrote:   
      
   >On 12/13/25 13:20, john larkin wrote:   
   >> On Sat, 13 Dec 2025 20:24:07 +0000, liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid   
   >> (Liz Tuddenham) wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> john larkin  wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>> On Sat, 13 Dec 2025 17:25:14 +0100, Lasse Langwadt    
   >>>> wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>>> On 12/13/25 16:26, 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   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> they also come in 2mm when you don't need or want such a large connector   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>   
   >>>> I want to use a hunky red-blooded manly stacking American banana plug.   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>> ...other colours are also available.   
   >>   
   >> White and blue.   
   >>   
   >>   
   >< Sure, but where do you get the electrically active bananas? :-) Or has   
   >that ridiculous "BYRNA" adv on tv subliminally influenced you?   
   > >   
   >> John Larkin   
   >> Highland Tech Glen Canyon Design Center   
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   It's worth buying the good stuff, HH Smith or Pomona. Most of the   
   cheap Chinese banana plugs are terrible.   
      
   TV? Is there still TV?   
      
      
   John Larkin   
   Highland Tech Glen Canyon Design Center   
   Lunatic Fringe Electronics   
      
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