Product Overview
HP 10024A I.C. Clip - Spring-Loaded Test Clip That Brings a Whole DIP Out to Probe Pins
Condition
Used, and clean. The ivory plastic body carries the molded hp logo with 10024 A and I.C. CLIP alongside it, and that lettering photographs sharp and fully legible on both faces. Both jaws close under their own coil springs, and the molded hinge and its open pivot hole are intact. Each jaw is molded for eight contact positions, but the photos do not show all of them populated: counting in photos 1, 3, 4, and 6, roughly four to five positions per jaw carry contact hardware and a probe pin, and the remaining positions read as empty plastic slots. A small curled metal remnant sits in one slot toward the right-hand end in photo 4. The probe pins that are present are bright, with the black insulating sleeves still seated where each pin leaves the body, but several of the thin tips are visibly bent or kinked and the rows sit fanned rather than parallel in the open-jaw photos. No cracks, chips, or crazing are visible anywhere on the housing. Photographed exactly as it ships: the clip alone, with no leads, no case, and no documentation. Not tested for continuity or contact resistance.
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Product Overview
The HP 10024A is Hewlett Packard's clothespin-style integrated circuit test clip. Two spring-loaded jaws straddle a dual inline package and are designed to land a contact on each pin at once, carrying every one out through the body to its own long round probe pin, so you can hang a scope probe, a logic probe tip, or a grabber lead on any pin of a live chip without ever touching the board or the solder joints. Pin 1 at the chip stays pin 1 at the clip. Counting the molded contact channels visible in these photos, each jaw carries eight positions, the layout of a 16-pin DIP clip - not confirmed against HP documentation, and on this particular piece only about four to five positions per jaw appear populated with a contact and a probe pin, so read the photos and match it against your own package before you order. Clips in this family were part of HP's hand-held logic troubleshooting accessories, the shelf that also held the logic probes and pulsers, and it shows up in parts lists as an IC test clip, an IC clip, or a DIP clip.
Key Features
- Markings: molded hp logo with 10024 A and I.C. CLIP, legible on both faces
- Action: spring-loaded clothespin jaws, two coil springs visible with the clip open
- Contacts: molded for eight positions per jaw, with roughly four to five per jaw carrying contact hardware and a probe pin in these photos
- Probe pins: long, round, bright nickel-colored, with black insulating sleeves at the body - several tips visibly bent or kinked
- Hinge: molded pivot with an open pivot hole through the side of the housing
- Housing: ivory molded plastic, ribbed on the outer faces for grip
- Contact channels molded per jaw: eight, the layout of a 16-pin DIP - not all positions are populated on this piece, verify against your package
- Condition: used, clean, sold as-is and untested
- Quantity available: one
Applications
- A bench technician chasing a stuck output on a logic IC, clipping on once and walking a scope probe pin to pin instead of fighting a hook onto a 0.1 inch lead
- A restorer keeping a vintage HP troubleshooting kit period-correct, filling the slot where the IC clip belongs next to the probe and pulser
- A repair shop breaking a soldered-down DIP out to test leads for signal tracing without pulling the chip
- An instructor showing a class live signals on a running chip, with nothing soldered and nothing to unsolder afterward
Frequently Asked Questions
How many pins does this clip cover?
Eight contact channels are molded into each jaw in the photos, which points to a 16-pin DIP layout. We have not confirmed that against HP documentation, and only about four to five positions per jaw look populated with a contact and a probe pin, so treat all of it as a photo observation and check it against the package you intend to clip before ordering.
Has it been tested for continuity?
No. This one was evaluated visually only. The jaws spring closed and the housing is sound, but several contact positions sit empty, several pin tips are bent, and no electrical check was run on any contact. Meter it out when it arrives.
What can I hook onto the probe pins?
The pins are long and round with insulating sleeves at the base, which is what makes them easy to grab. Scope probe hooks, grabber clips, and small alligator leads all have room to land on a pin without shorting to its neighbor.
Does anything else come with it?
No. You get the clip in these photos and nothing else: no leads, no ribbon cable, no storage case, no manual.
What am I actually taking on with a used clip like this?
You are buying this exact piece, as-is. It is used, it has not been tested for continuity or contact resistance, and we are not claiming a spring tension or a pin count we did not verify. What we can tell you is what the camera shows, and we shot it from every side for that reason: crisp molded markings, intact springs and hinge, no cracks in the housing, and also the contact positions that sit empty and the pin tips that are bent. The photos are the spec here, so read them as carefully as you would read a datasheet. If it turns up and it is not what you pictured, our no-hassle satisfaction guarantee handles it. Shipping is $8 flat rate and free once your order passes $28, and orders leave our Idaho warehouse the same or next business day.
Before logic analyzers got cheap, a beige clothespin like this was how you got a whole chip out onto your probe tips at once, with hp molded right into the plastic so nobody had to wonder whose bench it came from. Clip it onto something stubborn and let it do the job it was shaped for.
