(Video) Thin 30 AWG ‘wire wrap’ wire can be used to solder to fine pitch pins and parts for repairs or debugging. We always recommend every engineer have a roll on hand – even though it is not good for use with a breadboard, it’s essential for repairing or hacking PCBs.

Originally these were used for point-to-point circuit creation with a wire-wrapping tool – before the cost of PCBs plummeted.

Sometimes called Kynar wire, this is stocked at DigiKey – you might think “OK why is this a Great Search when you can just type wire wrap into the search box?” Well, watch to learn about a few options you may not have known about!

See the chosen part on DigiKey

Don’t forget, #DigiWish is happening right now on social media. Make sure to pick out something in stock from the DigiKey catalog and post up up every day – one person is selected each day to get their wish as a gift!

See episodes of The Desk of Ladyada in the playlist here and other Great Searches in the playlist here.