[coreboot] Recommendation for Flashing Clips / mass order

[Andrey Korolyov]

On Wed, Oct 18, 2017 at 3:35 PM, Peter Stuge <peter at stuge.se> wrote:
> [799] via coreboot wrote:
>> Do you have any recommendations if it makes sense to invest a bit
>> more budget and buy a more expensive clip or will the quality be
>> the same?
>>
>> The Pomona 5250 Clip:
>> https://www.tme.eu/gb/details/pom-5250/test-clips/pomona/5250/
>
> I have no idea about the clip you used before, but the Pomona 5250
> plastic compound is not very hard and contacts are not very robust,
> so after some (ab)use it will certainly also wear out.
>
> These clips are test tools for occasional use, not development tools.
>
> You can obvioulys use them for development anyway, but keep in mind
> what they are designed for, so that you have the right expectations.
>

Pogo-pin adapters are little bit more robust but they would require
holding arm and they require precise pin positioning while clip
grabbers do most of self-adjustment job. AFAICS SOIC-8 variants are
available on eBay at this moment.