(Video) A “DIP chip clip” appears like these plastic thingies you placed on a bag of Frito Lays’ to maintain them crispy, however actually we’re speaking about clips that allow you to snap onto a DIP or SOIC bundle part to probe or program.

They’re notably useful for in-situ evaluation or communication, typically used for dumping reminiscence chips or logic analyzer makes use of. We had somebody ask us about this specific clip from social media – it says it’s from 3M however what’s the half quantity, and are there different sizes out there? Let’s go to DigiKey and discover out!

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