From: Derek R. Morton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2004 12:41:36 -0600
Jeff,
Where you got the name Killy Clip is quite beyond me... I suspect you are talking about a DIP test clip.
I happen to have one of the Killy Clips in a storage box left over from a 512KE upgrade many years ago (used the soldered on header strips instead). The word "Killy" is embossed on the thing in big readable letters. There's also a phone number (212-995-0560) which is out of service. It also mentions patented, so I suppose a patent search would turn it up, but I'm not sure if the on-line patents go back that far yet.
Is this what you are after?
<http://products3.3m.com/catalog/us/en001/electronics_mfg/interconnects/ node_ZC4TPBMG3Lbe/root_GST1T4S9TCgv/vroot_29N82ZFX8Pge/ gvel_WJBK9SGCMRgl/theme_us_interconnect_3_0/command_AbcPageHandler/ output_html>
Thank you, Derek. That's not exactly what I was describing but that would do the trick and probably better than the Killy clip would. As I recall, the Killy clips were a bit hard to remove once installed.
I have been all over 3M's site (now that you pointed me that way) and cannot find a data sheet for their test clips. The photo at the top of the page would be perfect for my application, but there's no way to determine if it matches any of the three clips they have listed. Have you found a magic link to datasheets on their site?
Also, and this is almost rhetorical, why are the 32 pin DIPs so hard to find? I notice that they don't make a 32 pin version of their third category. Mouser and Digi-Key don't stock the 32 pin version of the first two models. They skip from 28 up to 40. It's strange. I think Google turned up a company called Newark that appears to have the 32 pin version but from the photo on their site, it doesn't appear to have the cable assembly shown in 3M's photo. On the other hand, I'm beginning to believe that that photo is not of anything that 3M sells. I think it must be one of their test clips with additional cabling added, so it's in a configuration that they don't actually sell but that one could build with a test clip, some ribbon cable and a couple of ribbon cable (IDC) connectors.
http://www.pomonaelectronics.com/cgi-local/tundra.pl? abcd1234&mode=D&crumbs=&cat=DIP&sort=sort_field
These guys skip from 28 pin up to 40 pin, reinforcing the, "what's up with the missing 32 pin versions?" Perhaps the 40 pin has the same spacing and width, so one can just use the 40 pin and let the extra 8 hang off the end?
Anyway, despite my whining, thank you, Derek. Your information has put me on a track to what I need. If you do have any additional info like a link to 3M datasheets, I'd appreciate it.
Jeff Walther
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