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  • I made these, since they're unobtanium, but quite useful I think!

    They are chained jumper cables, with a pin on the end, but also a socket! That way it is possible to do two things easily:

     

    1. connect to a board with either a pin or a socket : ) without having to search for another cable

    2. If there are two existing boards connected to each other with an existing jumper cable (pin or socket, it doesn't matter), I can use this chained jumper cable to get a tap off the connection, by temporarily unplugging one of the boards, and putting the jumper cable into the pin or the socket, and then putting the other connector onto the board. In other words, the boards still have an electrical connection and yet I've got a tapped off connection too. Hope that makes sense to follow..

     

    I'm finding such a cable useful with the DIY Logic Analyzer and Protocol Tester – L.I.S.A.!  (would also be useful with a 'salae logic' type device).

     

    The only downside, in scenario (1) is that the pins may touch since they are bare, but careful positioning works fine (or could use sleeving over it, but it's maybe overkill).

     

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  • I made these, since they're unobtanium, but quite useful I think!

    They are chained jumper cables, with a pin on the end, but also a socket! That way it is possible to do two things easily:

     

    1. connect to a board with either a pin or a socket : ) without having to search for another cable

    2. If there are two existing boards connected to each other with an existing jumper cable (pin or socket, it doesn't matter), I can use this chained jumper cable to get a tap off the connection, by temporarily unplugging one of the boards, and putting the jumper cable into the pin or the socket, and then putting the other connector onto the board. In other words, the boards still have an electrical connection and yet I've got a tapped off connection too. Hope that makes sense to follow..

     

    I'm finding such a cable useful with the DIY Logic Analyzer and Protocol Tester – L.I.S.A.!  (would also be useful with a 'salae logic' type device).

     

    The only downside, in scenario (1) is that the pins may touch since they are bare, but careful positioning works fine (or could use sleeving over it, but it's maybe overkill).

     

    image

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