[sdiy] SMT to thru hole adaptors.

[Grant Richter]

Look for Surfboards. They are single chip SMT boards that you can mix  
with thru hole using point to point wiring.

Stick them to your perf board with double sided tape.

On Jan 16, 2007, at 2:55 PM, Dave Kendall wrote:

> Hi.
>
> Most of my ICs are regular thru-hole, but I recently scored some  
> useful SMT
> parts on evilBay very cheaply.
> I like the "undo-ability" of perfboard, and wonder if there's any DIY
> solutions anyone's used successfully, to allow the use of regular  
> IC sockets
> for SMT ICs. The first thought is to very carefully etch tiny  
> boards, then
> drill some holes for exactly the right sort of pins, and so on.....
> OK for a one-off I guess, but anyone got a better idea?
> I may need quite a few (16+) for one current project/dream/fun  
> waste of
> time... :-).
>
> Cheers,
>
> Dave