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   legg to christopher@librehacker.com   
   Re: terminal posts / connectors for dead   
   14 Dec 25 09:57:22   
   
   From: legg@nospam.magma.ca   
      
   On Fri, 12 Dec 2025 15:32:48 -0900, 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.   
      
   If purpose is identifiable and repeatable, fly wires into a suitable   
   plug/socket. Input , output, power, programming, display etc.   
      
   Test points are always present in dead bug legs.   
      
   RL   
      
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