[sdiy] SOIC

[j vallier]

SOIC is a pain in the #&% for DIY'ers but if that is the only package option 
for the part, you have to be creative. If you have PCB making facilities, 
this is an option to make your own board--we had the same thing happen at my 
company and I made little adapter boards. Otherwise, Halted Specialties 
www.halted.com has adapter boards They are local for me in San Jose but you 
can order from them too.

A suggestion of what NOT to do is don't play with the pins on the SOIC 
device. these tend to be quite brittle and you'll just break them off and 
then...

HTH

Jeff


>From: "gavin" <elmystico at earthlink.net>
>To: synth <synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>
>Subject: [sdiy] SOIC
>Date: Sun, 14 Jul 2002 13:26:12 -0400
>
>Hi all, I just got some chips I can't wait to use but I've discovered they
>are SOIC rather than DIP.  I don't have any experience using these chips 
>and
>noticed they don't fit a standard DIP board.  Searches for SOIC sockets
>haven't turned up results, Mouser has an SOIC to DIP adapter but I can't
>tell if its just for certain prot-boards or if its a solder in permanent
>part.
>Anybody with SOIC experience lend me a hand?
>Thanks
>Gavin




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