They appear to be 3M branded, but would almost certainly be knock-offs, one would think.
I ordered one out of curiosity (for $1.25 or so, I'm not going to cry if it's a waste of money.)
Anyone have any experience with these? I've never gone for a ZIF socket because I always thought they were a bit of unnecessary luxury. But if these are actually usable, I will be able to find a use -- I was thinking one would be nice on the AVR Dragon, if it can reliably handle both wide and narrow DIP.
I've used them, no problem...
fungus:
I've used them, no problem...
Thanks. Do you have an opinion -- knock-off or real 3M?
pico:
fungus:
I've used them, no problem...Thanks. Do you have an opinion -- knock-off or real 3M?
Hard to say. The ones I bought didn't look/feel cheap in any way.
Take a chance!
fungus:
Hard to say. The ones I bought didn't look/feel cheap in any way.
Amazing what you can shipped to your door from across the planet for $1.25 these days...
fungus:
Take a chance!
I have. I'll be interested to see what I get! I'm used to seeing ZIF sockets priced $20-$30... which is why I've never bought one until now.
pico:
They appear to be 3M branded, but would almost certainly be knock-offs, one would think.I ordered one out of curiosity (for $1.25 or so, I'm not going to cry if it's a waste of money.)
Anyone have any experience with these? I've never gone for a ZIF socket because I always thought they were a bit of unnecessary luxury. But if these are actually usable, I will be able to find a use -- I was thinking one would be nice on the AVR Dragon, if it can reliably handle both wide and narrow DIP.
ZIF sockets once were rather pricey for a rather low volume market. But China production of nearly all things electronic have changed all the past pricing models. I've bought 28 pin slim and normal 40 pin ZIF sockets from Asia on E-bay with no quality issues, but then again I'm not a industrial user that is subjecting the sockets to extreme service use.