They're fine for one guy using them on the bench but they are a nightmare for mass production. The 50-mil pitch is annoying to make work with a bed-of-nails fixture, the clips are fundamentally incompatible with production lines, either robot or human, the parts are expensive, and the cycle life is not there.
replyI have had one too many arguments with firmware people who think these things are sufficient for production that I am just done with them by now. There are other ways to do it.
Out of curiosity what are the other ways?
replyI had good experience with carefully spaced holes in PCB and a 50 mil header, see https://jacdac.github.io/jacdac-docs/ddk/firmware/jac-connec...
replyI've been doing a cheap DIY version of Tag-Connect for some STM32 projects (6-pin debug). I just put the holes for a pin header near the edge of the board, and use a pogo clip to connect [0]. (These are readily available on AliExpress in various sizes.)
replyI do exactly the same on my boards and use that same clip.
replyI just use ordinary straight pin headers and stagered via holes. The board just has vias and the cable just has a plain pin header not even pogo pins.
replySame, enamored and I’m not even the EE. Elegant, no cost on the product side, and I don’t have to take the board out of the case to access it.
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