The motherboard of an Extron IN1208HDBT, CPU area, showing two wires forced onto a 1.27mm-pitch connector's pins, in order to connect to the UART.

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   Phil M0OFX (philpem@digipres.club)'s status on Tuesday, 23-Jul-2024 08:03:57 JST Phil M0OFX

   Sometimes you just don't have the right connector, none of the alternatives you have will fit, and even your smallest crimp terminal is too big.
   So you shove a piece of wire over the pin.
   And that, friends, is how I got access to U-Boot on an Extron IN1608 HDBT, dumped the NAND flash, and fixed the corruption which was stopping it from booting 🥳 🎉 #ElectronicsRepair

   Would you have guessed there was not just a UART, but also an MMC/SD interface on the diagnostic connector? I didn't.