Re: [coreboot] Recommendation for Flashing Clips / mass order

2017-10-19 Thread Trammell Hudson
On Wed, Oct 18, 2017 at 07:27:50PM -0400, [799] via coreboot wrote: > I like that idea, I think I'll just choose a cheap one and in case it > breaks I just use another one. I've tried the really cheap ones and found that they do not work very well at all. Even brand new this one required wiggling

Re: [coreboot] Recommendation for Flashing Clips / mass order

2017-10-18 Thread [799] via coreboot
Hello Trammel, >> (I was considering setting up a monthly subscription of SOIC-8 clips, >> although now I need to add the SOIC-16 to my list) I like that idea, I think I'll just choose a cheap one and in case it breaks I just use another one. Still a shame, that no one is building a "premium" cl

Re: [coreboot] Recommendation for Flashing Clips / mass order

2017-10-18 Thread Trammell Hudson
On Wed, Oct 18, 2017 at 03:22:44PM +, Peter Stuge wrote: > [...] > I usually wire a small pin header to the flash chip on mainboards > that I want to do development on. Check out the Lenovo X3550-M5 mainboard: https://www.flickr.com/photos/osr/37497785771/in/photostream/lightbox/ ZIF socket

Re: [coreboot] Recommendation for Flashing Clips / mass order

2017-10-18 Thread Peter Stuge
Trammell Hudson wrote: > On Wed, Oct 18, 2017 at 12:35:11PM +, Peter Stuge wrote: > > These clips are test tools for occasional use, not development tools. > > Do you have a recommendation on better clips? I don't. I was lumping all clips together. I've used the Pomona and a low-cost noname v

Re: [coreboot] Recommendation for Flashing Clips / mass order

2017-10-18 Thread Trammell Hudson
On Wed, Oct 18, 2017 at 12:35:11PM +, Peter Stuge wrote: > [...] > These clips are test tools for occasional use, not development tools. Do you have a recommendation on better clips? The Pomona seems to last for a few months due to my above average number of clips. The 3M is much worse and th

Re: [coreboot] Recommendation for Flashing Clips / mass order

2017-10-18 Thread Andrey Korolyov
On Wed, Oct 18, 2017 at 3:35 PM, Peter Stuge 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-525

Re: [coreboot] Recommendation for Flashing Clips / mass order

2017-10-18 Thread Peter Stuge
[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

[coreboot] Recommendation for Flashing Clips / mass order

2017-10-17 Thread [799] via coreboot
Hello, after learning about Coreboot and how to flash, my cheap flashing clip stopped working. 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-52