Thanks John, I found that double wipe types of sockets are good to go into similar sockets on most boards, but I've come across times when turned pin sockets have been fitted, and found it a bit of a struggle to mate up with these. That's why I've gone for turned pin strips. I've used some microchip dev tools that used similar methods to mate up and always thought it was neat.... I also managed to source a LOT of turned pin male to male strips cheaply recently so it's a good excuse to use some up !! Regards, Colin -----Original Message----- From: Techtoolslist [mailto:techtoolslist-bounces@flippers.com] On Behalf Of John Robertson Sent: 19 January 2015 03:30 To: Technical Tools Mail List Subject: Re: [Techtoolslist] Cheap DIY Fluke Pod Connector Saver idea. On 01/18/2015 3:17 PM, Colin Davies wrote:

Hi Guys,

Blew the Dust off the spare 9010A and Z80 Pod this weekend at a friend's.

Had some issues with a board with a Turned Pin IC socket, Unsure if the Pod fully made the connection fully..... I'm also aware that the connector / cable assembly is hard and expensive to replace and needs to be treated with general care and not abused....

Anyway.... It dawned on me........

You can Buy a 40 Pin Zif socket for under $2 on Ebay (from China), along with a turned pin 40 way socket for much the same cost.....

Solder these two back to back, and then get a few strips of round/turned pin male to male header strips (also Ebay From china).

Plug these into the turned pin socket that you soldered to the zif socket to give you male turned pins...... These will plug nicely into turned pin sockets and other types.... if pins break off, just replace a small section of the header strip.

Very cheap to make and saves wear and tear on those valuable and rare pod connectors !!!

While debugging the board, leave adaptor in place, and you can also pop the original cpu in the zif if required.

Regards, Col

I just use a simple double wipe 40 pin IC socket as a 'sacrifice' pin header - works a treat, and protects the pod UUT plug very well... Your idea will also work well, and could be used in place of the extension female to male 40-pin connector that Fluke sold that allowed one to easily get at the CPU pins (or add circuits to for various situations). John :-#)# -- How to subscribe or unsubscribe from TTL http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/techtoolslist _______________________________________________ Techtoolslist mailing list Techtoolslist@flippers.com https://pairlist7.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/techtoolslist FTP site is: ftp://ttl.arcadetech.org/TTL/Test_Equipment Archive site: http://seven.pairlist.net/pipermail/techtoolslist/