Killy Clip Connector/Socket?

[Jeff Walther]

I am looking for a Killy Clip or equivalent to fit over a 32 pin DIP.

Way back when if one wanted to install a CPU upgrade in a 68000 based
computer (64 pin DIP) there was a connector/socket called a Killy Clip.
The Killy Clip is a plastic housing which fits snugly over the body of the
68000 chip. Embedded in the plastic housing of the Killy Clip are
contacts which touch each of the 68000's pins. The contacts of the Killy
Clip extend out through the top of the plastic housing so that there are
two rows of pins sticking up above the clip.

When one snaps the Killy Clip over the top of the 68000 one then has a two
row header of pins on top of the Killy Clip which makes contact with all
the pins on the 68000. This makes it easy to connect other things (like
upgrades) to the pins of the 68000.

So, were these things ever built for any chip besides the 68000? For
example, in standard DIP sizes? It would save me a ton of work if I had
one to fit over a 32 pin DIP because then I could build a rig to program
32 pin flash chips in place rather than desoldering them and reinstalling
them.

Google turns up two not useful hits on Killy Clip.

Thank you for any helpful or humorous comments.

Jeff Walther

 

[Peter Bennett]

I am looking for a Killy Clip or equivalent to fit over a 32 pin DIP.

Way back when if one wanted to install a CPU upgrade in a 68000 based
computer (64 pin DIP) there was a connector/socket called a Killy Clip.
The Killy Clip is a plastic housing which fits snugly over the body of the
68000 chip. Embedded in the plastic housing of the Killy Clip are
contacts which touch each of the 68000's pins. The contacts of the Killy
Clip extend out through the top of the plastic housing so that there are
two rows of pins sticking up above the clip.

When one snaps the Killy Clip over the top of the 68000 one then has a two
row header of pins on top of the Killy Clip which makes contact with all
the pins on the 68000. This makes it easy to connect other things (like
upgrades) to the pins of the 68000.

So, were these things ever built for any chip besides the 68000? For
example, in standard DIP sizes? It would save me a ton of work if I had
one to fit over a 32 pin DIP because then I could build a rig to program
32 pin flash chips in place rather than desoldering them and reinstalling
them.

ITT/Pomona and MCM Electronics both make IC test clips for most common
DIP packages, as well as SOIC and PLCC packages.

Go to http://www.newarkinone.ca and search for "DIP Clip" or "IC test
clip". I expect Digikey and most other electronics distributors would
carry these things.

The ones I've used are definitely "test probe" devices, and would not
be used for a permanent installation.



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[William P.N. Smith]

Way back when if one wanted to install a CPU upgrade in a 68000 based
computer (64 pin DIP) there was a connector/socket called a Killy Clip.
The Killy Clip is a plastic housing which fits snugly over the body of the
68000 chip. Embedded in the plastic housing of the Killy Clip are
contacts which touch each of the 68000's pins. The contacts of the Killy
Clip extend out through the top of the plastic housing so that there are
two rows of pins sticking up above the clip.

Mine are made by AP Products, (Advanced Products seems to ring a
bell), part numbers LTC40 and TC40 (TC40 has nail-heads to keep probes
from falling off, LTC is just pins for use with push-on connectors as
used on logic analyzers).

I thought I got them from DigiKey, but Google can't seem to find
anything... Ah, google for ic test clip:

http://www.mouser.com/catalog/616/1128.pdf
http://www.pomona.cc/
http://www.circuitspecialists.com/prod.itml/icOid/4040

 

[Lewin A.R.W. Edwards]

I am looking for a Killy Clip or equivalent to fit over a 32 pin DIP.

Ah, DAMN. I wish you had posted this message last week. My company is
undergoing an intra-building move (we're moving four floors down, into
a space nearer the loading dock - we ship a lot more stuff in and out
now than we used to five years ago). Anyway, I have been cleaning my
space, and I threw out a shoebox of IC test clips ranging from 8-DIP
to 40-DIP.