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1. tankslappa
   

   As I seem to have taken to building Jeenode SMD boards, I find myself wanting an easy way to test them and do the fuses, boot loader and general programming. Sure I could solder in the ISP headers, but then I'd have a nice thin board with a huge tower-block of a connector stuck on it.

   At the moment I'm pushing some rather long male pins through from the underside and then wedging them with a bit of card so they make contact. With mixed success.

   So I was thinking of getting some pogo pins. Most electronic supply shops seem to want approx £1/€1 for each (eeek). After some digging I found some on ebay (in HK of course) for a far better price, but for quantities of 100. I few more than I really need, which made me wonder... Has anyone else gone down this route, if so can you recommend a source, or even better, would you sell me a few?!

   Posted 20/07/2010 09:01:32

2. hve
   

   Have you tried here: http://www.adafruit.com/

   Posted 20/07/2010 16:35:37

3. tankslappa
   

   I've seen the Ada write up about using them, but the source of the pins quoted was ebay, which is where I ended up looking.

   Most electronic supply shops seems to be quoting approx £1/€1 for each one, where as 100 can be bought from HK for less than 20p/€c a piece, plus the import tax and anything else they can throw on it to be greedy. So I'm very tempted to order a load. Was just wondering if anyone else had done this and could recommend a source over there.

   Posted 20/07/2010 22:57:24

4. edwardhorsford
   

   Hey tankslappa,

   My work uses them quite a bit. They're great, and really useful, but I'd caution that they do wear out, and you'll need more than you expect.

   They can come in a variety of tip shapes and sizes - I've found the short and stubby points work well.

   Good luck on your hunt.

   Posted 21/07/2010 08:41:46