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Just a simple suggestion guys - no need to get excited. My point
being that while you can use the leads of resistors and other
components to make vias, sometimes you need a via where there isn't
such a component. Normally, I just stick a piece of wire in the
hole, solder it on both sides, clip it off and move on.

However, when measuring voltages, I like to clip (with an aligator
clip) my VOM to the board, then probe for voltages or whatever. I
don't normally think to add some sort of test points on my boards -
crap, I can barely make a board!

Thinking a bit further, even using a scope this is handy to have.
While ground pins are handy, sometimes the positive voltage pins are
handy too.

I can understand the need for something better than a header pin,
however, I always seem to have them laying around and they are a bit
more stiff and sturdy than typical cut-off leads and such. So, that
was my thinking.

Chris