[sdiy] IC socket reliability

[Paul Schreiber]

For people who think adding IC sockets makes their systems "better":

http://www.applelogic.org/AIIIDesignBugs.html

No reason to socket *any IC* unless:

a) it is rare and/or costly. A TL074, LM3900 or LM324 do not meet these
criteria.
b) you expect it to be swapped out/reprogrammed in the next 5 years. After
that, might as well make a revised pc board.

If you think having sockets "Makes my design more repairable in the future"
you need a whippin'.

Paul S.
/President of No Sockets or Banana Jacks society
// use a 30u Ag mil-spec socket on the MOTM-510 because the IC that goes in
there is $65
/// socket costs as much as most 16bit MPUs