<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Aug 15, 2018 at 12:41 PM, David G Dixon <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dixon@mail.ubc.ca" target="_blank">dixon@mail.ubc.ca</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><u></u>
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<div dir="ltr" align="left">Is an SMD -> TH adapter an option, Dave?<br><br>That
would save you having to do any SMD layout, but let you get the advantage of the
better/newer SMD parts...<font face="Arial"><font color="#0000ff"><font size="2"><span class="m_4269090934136932420gmail-m_7372577950930186420724433817-15082018"> </span></font></font></font></div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><font face="Arial"><font color="#0000ff"><font size="2"><span class="m_4269090934136932420gmail-m_7372577950930186420724433817-15082018"></span></font></font></font> </div>
</span><div dir="ltr" align="left"><font face="Arial"><font color="#0000ff"><font size="2"><span class="m_4269090934136932420gmail-m_7372577950930186420724433817-15082018">I suppose, if it were something I could buy and just
plug in. I could even lay one out, I
guess.</span></font></font></font></div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><font face="Arial"><font color="#0000ff"><font size="2"><span class="m_4269090934136932420gmail-m_7372577950930186420724433817-15082018"></span></font></font></font> </div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><font face="Arial"><font color="#0000ff"><font size="2"><span class="m_4269090934136932420gmail-m_7372577950930186420724433817-15082018">However, unlike many of you, I absolutely loathe
handling SMD parts by hand. I've said again and again, if all electronics
goes SMD (which I suppose it probably will eventually) then that'll be the day
I give up electronics to focus exclusively on jazz
guitar. </span><span class="m_4269090934136932420gmail-m_7372577950930186420724433817-15082018"> </span></font></font></font></div></div>
</blockquote></div><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">They are commonly available on OSH Park. A quick scan turns up:<br><br><a href="https://oshpark.com/shared_projects/sS9Y0eYZ" target="_blank">https://oshpark.com/shared_<wbr>projects/sS9Y0eYZ</a><br><br>I'm not 100% certain the width is right on that though to just fit into the footprint of the TH part. Sometimes they're intended for breadboards instead. Let me see if I ordered a SOIC-14 the last time I was pulling these.... nope only 8's.<br><br>All that said, if you hate SMD then it is what it is :)</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Pete</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div></div>