SDK08 Test Clip Ultra Small Clip Chip Foot Clip Micro IC Clamp SOIC/TSSOP/TSOP/SSOP/MSOP/PLCC/QFP/TQFP/LQFP/SMD IC Test Chip Mini Chips Adapters

Excelente agarre, tamaño justo para tomar medidas en los pines sin riesgo!

The media could not be loaded. i used these to reprogram the Micronics chip on four prefabricated microchips. It workedsuccessfully on 3 out of 4.The most important thing for me is this truly saved me a lot of time and errors with trying to micro solder in these connections. I am happy even with the error, which may have nothing to do with the connectors. Overall a time save. With this product I went through one by one everything ready in about an hour.This takes some tension and the connectors will snap off occasionally. Nothing crazy it just takes steady hands and patience. Its worth it.Recommended and essential for any electronic hobbiest. Helps avoid toxic solder messy flux, and burnt equipment. I wish I had these years ago.

Pro's - These are tiny. Smaller than any other probes I've found. They can grab things others can.tCon's - Tiny means fragile. I deformed one on the first try and had to bend it back to restore "pinching" ability. They won't take any stress, but... that's not what they're for.

When it comes to probing SOIC pins, these are about your only easy non-intrusive and inexpensive method.In the old days, I have used pack clips and such for probing LSI DIP's and quad flatpacks but SOIC >8 pins is a whole 'nuther situation because of the tiny dimensions in pin spacing.These clippy probes resemble a 'butterfly' with tiny, flimsy metal extendable pincers to grip the IC pin. Each pin is covered with a clear insulating layer so adjacent pin shorts 'should' not occur. Amazing these work.They do work but are extremely delicate and prone to getting pulled away. Just applying a row of 3 or more adjacent to each other is a micro-surgeon's job. So delicate that the force applied by the wire leads to carry the signal to an analyzer pod, is enough to dislodge the probe and possibly deform the pincers -and require reforming with tweezers or small needle-nose pliers. I use a blue putty to stabilize each clip as I build up the probing array.Even then, today's microelectronics are a total bitch for us right to repair types.I use these for numerous purposes- breadboarding, probing, interconnect jumpers and as a breakout debug or measurement aid. To ease the headaches, it is best to use patch leads made of silicone insulated fine stranded wire.Avoid patch leads with stiff insulation because when clustered together can impose an undesirable accumulation of force on the probed item (such as an IC with 8 to 32 wires and IC pin probe clips) which can tend to pull loose the clips or create an intermittent connection. With a lot of patience and dexterity, these work great. Unfortunately, these are likely to have a short lifetime as the pincers will deform from use and re-forming will fatigue the metal toward breakage.Ironically, the box these Chinese creations came in, bore a warning text saying not to 'copy' the design or an 'investigation' would occur. One star off for that arrogance. These are loose copies of American clips.

These are excellent. They grab on fine with no modifications necessary. I don't understand reviewers who complain they don't hold on to DIP packages well and give a low rating. That is not the job they are meant to do. They work fine for SMD components. If you need to grab on to DIP packages or thicker wires, buy different grabbers.I just wish they came in 8 colors according to standard color code plus extra black ones for GND connection. That would be very useful with a logic analyzer, which is how I use them.

The trigger design is nice. But the clips are too thin and the new dupont wires I purchased from amazon with this clip, do not stay attached to them either. I could not get the clips to stay clamped to an SOIC 16 pin 25xx EEPROM chip. And as soon as you push the wires onto the clip when they fall off, you also release the clamp from the SOIC pins too. Just could not get these to work very well at all.I finally did get them connected one time, but the programmer would not read the chip, ran into the same problem I had with an SOIC clip. The clips themselves are just too thin to make a solid connection. Even paperclips are more sturdy than these things. It seems the clips could be a little lengthier wile maintaining the thin thickness to connect to an SOIC EEPROM chip.This set of clips should include a set of wires that actually will stay on the clips, but it does not.

I purchased a different set of clips before these and they were too big. These clips are super small and worked perfectly for programming eeprOM still on the board

These came with a plastic case, and they do what they're supposed to do, tye have a small gripper that I've been able to use to attach to IC pins. They seem to be decent quality.