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Soldering DIP sockets on the top of the board

Soldering DIP sockets on the top of the board

2004-06-13 by Dave Mucha

Hi all,

I know I read a site that showed a tried and true way to solder a DIP
socket from the bottom, but apply solder at the top.

this would be to allow top traces when there are no plated thru holes.

Does anybody recall that link ? or have one that would show this
proceedure ?

Thanks

Dave

Re: Soldering DIP sockets on the top of the board

2004-06-13 by bsjoelund

Hi Dave,
If you are able to apply solder from top, why not solder on top and
bottom? I always use turned dip socket pins.

Bengt

--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "Dave Mucha" <dave_mucha@y...>
wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I know I read a site that showed a tried and true way to solder a
DIP
> socket from the bottom, but apply solder at the top.
>
> this would be to allow top traces when there are no plated thru
holes.
>
> Does anybody recall that link ? or have one that would show this
> proceedure ?
>
> Thanks
>
> Dave

Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Soldering DIP sockets on the top of the board

2004-06-13 by John Johnson

If you use a socket with machined pins, it will stand up enough
that you can solder on the top and bottom.

Regards,
JJ

On Sunday, June 13, 2004, at 01:42 AM, Dave Mucha wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I know I read a site that showed a tried and true way to solder a DIP
> socket from the bottom, but apply solder at the top.
>
> this would be to allow top traces when there are no plated thru holes.
>
> Does anybody recall that link ? or have one that would show this
> proceedure ?
>
> Thanks
>
> Dave
>
>
>
>
>
>
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Re: Soldering DIP sockets on the top of the board

2004-06-13 by Dave Mucha

--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, John Johnson <johnatl@m...>
wrote:
> If you use a socket with machined pins, it will stand up enough
> that you can solder on the top and bottom.
>
> Regards,
> JJ


Do you just heat the bottom and touch the top with some solder ?
will that solder to the pad on the top ?

I have found that you can easily seperate the pins from the plastic
in the DIP package and then you can solder them as sperate pieces.

In this case however, I am making a board for a friend and he has not
tried to solder a socket on the top. I am not sure that I would want
a newbie to attempt lining up the pins of a DIP for soldering....

If I place and solder the pins for him, I'll take some pictures and
post them to the group.

But, if anybody knows of a link that would show this, please let me
know.

Dave

Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: Soldering DIP sockets on the top of the board

2004-06-13 by Stefan Trethan

>
> Do you just heat the bottom and touch the top with some solder ?
> will that solder to the pad on the top ?

i think that might make the plastic look ugly. the pin to the bottom is
very narrow,
which will cause a long, slow heating on top.

>
> I have found that you can easily seperate the pins from the plastic
> in the DIP package and then you can solder them as sperate pieces.
>

you can buy them as single pins, or break them out of old cpu sockets....


> In this case however, I am making a board for a friend and he has not
> tried to solder a socket on the top. I am not sure that I would want
> a newbie to attempt lining up the pins of a DIP for soldering....
>

You can use a ic to hold them. i have a "mockup ic" made of sheetmetal
which i think
is for that purpose, but i did never use it so far.

i think if you place the iron at one side of the pin, and apply solder
on the other side it would work.


I avoid this problem by no allowing top traces with socketed ICs.
(And i also use the cheap sockets which sit flat on the pcb)


of course you can apply solder paste and reflow it.
maybe you could wind thin solder around the pins and reflow that, crazy
enough to possibly work.

ST


> If I place and solder the pins for him, I'll take some pictures and
> post them to the group.
>
> But, if anybody knows of a link that would show this, please let me
> know.
>
> Dave
>
>
>
>
>
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Re: Soldering DIP sockets on the top of the board

2004-06-13 by brudda2003

--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "Dave Mucha" <dave_mucha@y...>
wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I know I read a site that showed a tried and true way to solder a
DIP
> socket from the bottom, but apply solder at the top.
>
> this would be to allow top traces when there are no plated thru
holes.
>
> Does anybody recall that link ? or have one that would show this
> proceedure ?
>
> Thanks
>
> Dave

Try this . . .
http://www.pic101.com/pcb/thru.htm

Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: Soldering DIP sockets on the top of the board

2004-06-13 by JanRwl@AOL.COM

Another thing you can do, if space is not terribly critical is use
"wire-wrap" sockets and a suitable (discardable) spacer to hold the socket-body maybe
0.2" off the top of the board. Solder diagonal corners, then check if "level",
and then solder the alternate diagonal corners. THEN solder all on the
bottom, and then all on the top (at least those that DO connect on top). Clip off
the excess 0.025" pins on the bottom and admire your work! BE SURE you get
that socket's "pin 1"-end oriented properly! I did a "repair" for a CNC shop,
once, where I goofed, and soldered a socket in backwards. But at least I caught
this before I "powered up", and, as DIP's are symmetrical, I just put it in
[deleted]-end-to, and all was fine, but the "notch" was on the wrong end. Had
to "hide" that best I could.


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Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: Soldering DIP sockets on the top of the board

2004-06-13 by dg140@freenet.carleton.ca

I'm breaking in here midthread. If it's high profile you're wanting, can
you use a high profile socket. I needed to raise some dis switches up to
let their actuators poke out from the cabinet's top. I used a very high
profile dip socket and plugged the dip switches in to that.

---

>Another thing you can do, if space is not terribly critical is use
>"wire-wrap" sockets and a suitable (discardable) spacer to hold the socket-body maybe
>0.2" off the top of the board. Solder diagonal corners, then check if "level",
>and then solder the alternate diagonal corners. THEN solder all on the
>bottom, and then all on the top (at least those that DO connect on top). Clip off
>the excess 0.025" pins on the bottom and admire your work! BE SURE you get
>that socket's "pin 1"-end oriented properly! I did a "repair" for a CNC shop,
>once, where I goofed, and soldered a socket in backwards. But at least I caught
>this before I "powered up", and, as DIP's are symmetrical, I just put it in
>[deleted]-end-to, and all was fine, but the "notch" was on the wrong end. Had
>to "hide" that best I could.
>
>
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>
>
>
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Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: Soldering DIP sockets on the top of the board

2004-06-13 by Stefan Trethan

> the excess 0.025" pins on the bottom and admire your work! BE SURE you
> get
> that socket's "pin 1"-end oriented properly! I did a "repair" for a CNC
> shop,
> once, where I goofed, and soldered a socket in backwards. But at least
> I caught
> this before I "powered up", and, as DIP's are symmetrical, I just put it
> in
> [deleted]-end-to, and all was fine, but the "notch" was on the wrong
> end. Had
> to "hide" that best I could.
>
>

happened to a collegue with a plcc with 100 or more pins. Isn't
symmetrical but
we made it work with a mini grinder.

good idea with the wire-wraps by the way.

ST

Re: Soldering DIP sockets on the top of the board

2004-06-14 by ballendo

Hello,

I used to buy sockets on a roll(or in strips) which were attached
at .100 to the strip of metal they were formed from (at the top).
After soldering, the strip is bent back and forth and it comes off.
leaving the pins with exact spacing...

Been awhile, but they're prob'ly still available...

Ballendo

--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "Dave Mucha" <dave_mucha@y...>
wrote:
> --- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, John Johnson <johnatl@m...>
> wrote:
> > If you use a socket with machined pins, it will stand up enough
> > that you can solder on the top and bottom.
> >
> > Regards,
> > JJ
>
>
> Do you just heat the bottom and touch the top with some solder ?
> will that solder to the pad on the top ?
>
> I have found that you can easily seperate the pins from the plastic
> in the DIP package and then you can solder them as sperate pieces.
>
> In this case however, I am making a board for a friend and he has
not
> tried to solder a socket on the top. I am not sure that I would
want
> a newbie to attempt lining up the pins of a DIP for soldering....
>
> If I place and solder the pins for him, I'll take some pictures and
> post them to the group.
>
> But, if anybody knows of a link that would show this, please let me
> know.
>
> Dave

Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: Soldering DIP sockets on the top of the board

2004-06-14 by Leon Heller

----- Original Message -----
From: "ballendo" <ballendo@...>
To: <Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, June 14, 2004 4:32 PM
Subject: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: Soldering DIP sockets on the top of the board


> Hello,
>
> I used to buy sockets on a roll(or in strips) which were attached
> at .100 to the strip of metal they were formed from (at the top).
> After soldering, the strip is bent back and forth and it comes off.
> leaving the pins with exact spacing...
>
> Been awhile, but they're prob'ly still available...

I used to use those. They are made by Molex and should still be available.

Leon
--
Leon Heller, G1HSM
http://www.geocities.com/leon_heller

Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: Soldering DIP sockets on the top of the board

2004-06-14 by JanRwl@AOL.COM

In a message dated 6/14/2004 11:45:01 AM Central Standard Time,
leon_heller@... writes:

I used to use those. They are made by Molex and should still be available.
One "kit vendor" I used to use during my infancy referred to these as "flea
clips". I do NOT know if this was Molex's name for them, or only THEIR
nick-name. Yeah, they are good for the odd application, but TINNED BRASS? Oh, it's
OK for prototypes, etc., but don't expect 7 out of 10 to retain good contact
with all-16 or 24 IC-pins, etc., for a decade!


[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Re: Soldering DIP sockets on the top of the board

2004-06-14 by Dave Mucha

I still can't find the link, but one of the ways I do it is to pull
the pins out of a chp socket or an inline header. they come out
pretty easy.

then put them on a second socket for alignment and spacing and then
put them thru the PC board.

I can solder the bottom and then remove the upper carrier or if I did
not puress them down, I can solder with the upper carrier in place.

But, this method requires a second device and that is what I was
trying to get away from.

Dave




--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, JanRwl@A... wrote:
> In a message dated 6/14/2004 11:45:01 AM Central Standard Time,
> leon_heller@h... writes:
>
> I used to use those. They are made by Molex and should still be
available.
> One "kit vendor" I used to use during my infancy referred to these
as "flea
> clips". I do NOT know if this was Molex's name for them, or only
THEIR
> nick-name. Yeah, they are good for the odd application, but TINNED
BRASS? Oh, it's
> OK for prototypes, etc., but don't expect 7 out of 10 to retain
good contact
> with all-16 or 24 IC-pins, etc., for a decade!
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: Soldering DIP sockets on the top of the board

2004-06-14 by Stefan Trethan

On Mon, 14 Jun 2004 20:23:58 -0000, Dave Mucha <dave_mucha@...>
wrote:

>
> I still can't find the link, but one of the ways I do it is to pull
> the pins out of a chp socket or an inline header. they come out
> pretty easy.
>
> then put them on a second socket for alignment and spacing and then
> put them thru the PC board.
>
> I can solder the bottom and then remove the upper carrier or if I did
> not puress them down, I can solder with the upper carrier in place.
>
> But, this method requires a second device and that is what I was
> trying to get away from.
>
> Dave
>

why then not just leave the plastic carrier in place like so many do?
With enough luck and the right method you might be able to solder on top
without smoldering
the plastic, considering how much ugly boards are nagging on your pride
;-).

(sorry, couldn't resist, i think you remember the "cleaning flux off"
discussion.
By the way, did any ingenious method come from it? the IPA and toothbrush
is really nasty)

ST

Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: Soldering DIP sockets on the top of the board

2004-06-14 by Jeremy Taylor

I use something similar made by Mill-Max . They are simply called IC pins and printed circuit pins. I use them to make mini dips from SMD components for use on the breadboard, Not inserting an IC pin into them, (which they are made for) but soldering the ring on the underside of a PTH So instead of the point sticking in the pcb - it sticks off the bottom.
Mouser page 803-804 and 830
. Prices are not bad if purchased in qty. Beats wasted time tearing up a ic socket IMO.
.
JT
----- Original Message -----
From: JanRwl@...
To: Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, June 14, 2004 3:12 PM
Subject: Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: Soldering DIP sockets on the top of the board


In a message dated 6/14/2004 11:45:01 AM Central Standard Time,
leon_heller@... writes:

I used to use those. They are made by Molex and should still be available.
One "kit vendor" I used to use during my infancy referred to these as "flea
clips". I do NOT know if this was Molex's name for them, or only THEIR
nick-name. Yeah, they are good for the odd application, but TINNED BRASS? Oh, it's
OK for prototypes, etc., but don't expect 7 out of 10 to retain good contact
with all-16 or 24 IC-pins, etc., for a decade!


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Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: Soldering DIP sockets on the top of the board

2004-06-14 by Stefan Trethan

On Mon, 14 Jun 2004 17:22:00 -0400, Jeremy Taylor
<jeremy@...> wrote:

> I use something similar made by Mill-Max . They are simply called IC
> pins and printed circuit pins. I use them to make mini dips from SMD
> components for use on the breadboard, Not inserting an IC pin into them,
> (which they are made for) but soldering the ring on the underside of a
> PTH So instead of the point sticking in the pcb - it sticks off the
> bottom.
> Mouser page 803-804 and 830
> . Prices are not bad if purchased in qty. Beats wasted time tearing up a
> ic socket IMO.
> .
> JT


you can get pins for that purpose, they are like square header pins but
smaller and
the size of IC pins. (with the narrow stub on both sides)
they ought to be cheaper than the socket pins.
'course you'd need to drill holes then.
<http://www.elcomp.at/PicGrup/Masse/Gr10/Leisten/SPL.JPG>


But i had one other idea for Dave, there are actually socket pins wich are
fully
inserted into the board, (they have no narrow stub). you need bigger holes
of course.
this would do away with the aligning/holding guide needed as the board
holds them firmly.
sorry i have no url there but google will know.
you might use standard socket pins and snip off the stub.

ST

Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: Soldering DIP sockets on the top of the board

2004-06-14 by Jeremy Taylor

Yup - Page 830 - particularly 575-310320 is percisly what I use. $11 for 100
They are not the true socket pins, but the indent in the top allows one to
solder an ic pin in to them in a pinch.
- Ya dont need to do no drillin, just a hammer will do <g>
JT

----- Original Message -----
From: "Stefan Trethan" <stefan_trethan@...>
To: <Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, June 14, 2004 5:33 PM
Subject: Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: Soldering DIP sockets on the top of the
board


> On Mon, 14 Jun 2004 17:22:00 -0400, Jeremy Taylor
> <jeremy@...> wrote:
>
> > I use something similar made by Mill-Max . They are simply called IC
> > pins and printed circuit pins. I use them to make mini dips from SMD
> > components for use on the breadboard, Not inserting an IC pin into them,
> > (which they are made for) but soldering the ring on the underside of a
> > PTH So instead of the point sticking in the pcb - it sticks off the
> > bottom.
> > Mouser page 803-804 and 830
> > . Prices are not bad if purchased in qty. Beats wasted time tearing up a
> > ic socket IMO.
> > .
> > JT
>
>
> you can get pins for that purpose, they are like square header pins but
> smaller and
> the size of IC pins. (with the narrow stub on both sides)
> they ought to be cheaper than the socket pins.
> 'course you'd need to drill holes then.
> <http://www.elcomp.at/PicGrup/Masse/Gr10/Leisten/SPL.JPG>
>
>
> But i had one other idea for Dave, there are actually socket pins wich are
> fully
> inserted into the board, (they have no narrow stub). you need bigger holes
> of course.
> this would do away with the aligning/holding guide needed as the board
> holds them firmly.
> sorry i have no url there but google will know.
> you might use standard socket pins and snip off the stub.
>
> ST
>
>
>
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>

Re: Soldering DIP sockets on the top of the board

2004-06-15 by Dave Mucha

--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, Stefan Trethan
<stefan_trethan@g...> wrote:
> On Mon, 14 Jun 2004 20:23:58 -0000, Dave Mucha <dave_mucha@y...>
> wrote:
>
> >
> > I still can't find the link, but one of the ways I do it is to
pull
> > the pins out of a chp socket or an inline header. they come out
> > pretty easy.
> >
> > then put them on a second socket for alignment and spacing and
then
> > put them thru the PC board.
> >
> > I can solder the bottom and then remove the upper carrier or if I
did
> > not puress them down, I can solder with the upper carrier in
place.
> >
> > But, this method requires a second device and that is what I was
> > trying to get away from.
> >
> > Dave
> >
>
> why then not just leave the plastic carrier in place like so many
do?
> With enough luck and the right method you might be able to solder
on top
> without smoldering
> the plastic, considering how much ugly boards are nagging on your
pride
> ;-).
>
> (sorry, couldn't resist, i think you remember the "cleaning flux
off"
> discussion.
> By the way, did any ingenious method come from it? the IPA and
toothbrush
> is really nasty)
>
> ST


I think the pins that are soldered in actually look better than the
ones with the plastic headers still attached.

on boards that I want to look really good, that is the preferred
method. Of course, I can drill the holes so the pins are pressed in
and the top of the head sits on the board and the part penetrating is
not too bad.

I also have units that stand off about 115 mil when I want to put a
600 wide DIP over top of a 300 wide chip.

And, I use the individual DIP pins as resistor sockets when I want
the ability to switch a resistor without soldering.

Dave

Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: Soldering DIP sockets on the top of the board

2004-06-15 by Stefan Trethan

> And, I use the individual DIP pins as resistor sockets when I want
> the ability to switch a resistor without soldering.
>
> Dave


Have seen that in some led voltmeters to change range.
thought "must remember" back then.
My fluke meters also use a socket with several resistors beside each other
for a similar purpose.
serial "break out boxes" for pc etc. use often sockets and wired to wire
up.


many things you can do with these for sure...

ST

Re: Soldering DIP sockets on the top of the board

2004-06-16 by ballendo

Jan,

Nope, Similar, but not flea clips. Flea clips were also formed and
sold in strips, but were "U"-shaped--think miniature garden trowel--
with two "ears--squarish at the top, and a hole to insert an off-
board wire.

Whjen we did point to point perfboard wiring, flea clips were king. I
remember "graduating" to them from the much larger "Fahnstock" clips
that my tiny young hands found easier to use! (The circuits got more
complex at that point too<G>)

What I'm talking about is a "socket", rolled from the parent strip
into a tubular form, that will accept the lead of a dip or... Tinned
phosphor bronze, same as many other connectors.

Ballendo

--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, JanRwl@A... wrote:
>One "kit vendor" I used to use during my infancy referred to these
>as "flea clips". I do NOT know if this was Molex's name for them,
>or only THEIR nick-name. Yeah, they are good for the odd
>application, but TINNED BRASS? Oh, it's OK for prototypes, etc.,
>but don't expect 7 out of 10 to retain good contact with all-16 or
>24 IC-pins, etc., for a decade!
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: Soldering DIP sockets on the top of the board

2004-06-16 by JanRwl@AOL.COM

In a message dated 6/16/2004 5:58:28 AM Central Standard Time,
ballendo@... writes:

Nope, Similar, but not flea clips. Flea clips were also formed and sold in
strips, but were "U"-shaped--think miniature garden trowel--with two
"ears--squarish at the top, and a hole to insert an off-board wire.<<
Ah, yes! I remember, now! Yeah, they were thinner (phosphor bronze spring
stock) material with real silver plating! Some of the "project kits" around
which articles in the "popular" magazines were written had those. Yeah, haven't
actually seen those in years!
What I'm talking about is a "socket", rolled from the parent strip into a
tubular form, that will accept the lead of a dip or... Tinned phosphor bronze,
same as many other connectors.<<
Yes, the 0.1" pitch strips of spring-brass with TIN plating. used for
DIY-IC-sockets. I wonder how many "kids" carefully broke 'em all off the strips
before realizing that was SUPPOSED to remain in place until soldering had been
done???

Yeah, if one soldered those also to the top of the board (with 2-sided
traces), he'd have to be VERY careful not to globber solder up in the "loop" of the
contact, or it's spring-contact value would be totally lost! You may
remember SouthWest Technical Products in San Antonio, TX. They manufactured Don
Lancaster's kits for years, and included MILES of those pin-socket-strips in same,
even for use on single-sided boards, as a "plugged-in" IC can be re-oriented
or used in another job, etc.! Dunno if Dan Meyer is still with us and just
retired, or what, but SWTP just went away, one year.

Thanks for reminding me! More and more frequently, anymore, I realize again,
we ALL get old, as the picoseconds waft away! Jan Rowland


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Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: Soldering DIP sockets on the top of the board

2004-06-16 by Stefan Trethan

> Thanks for reminding me! More and more frequently, anymore, I realize
> again,
> we ALL get old, as the picoseconds waft away! Jan Rowland
>

thank god i have no idea whatsoever what you are talking about with those
socket strips - i assume that must mean i'm still rather young ;-))

good luck

st

Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: Soldering DIP sockets on the top of the board

2004-06-17 by JanRwl@AOL.COM

In a message dated 6/16/2004 3:50:21 PM Central Standard Time,
stefan_trethan@... writes:
thank god i have no idea whatsoever what you are talking about with those
socket strips - i assume that must mean i'm still rather young

No, ST, it just means some "inventive" ol' boy somewhere here in the USA
figured out a cheap way to make IC-sockets of ANY pin-count fast and useable by
ANYone. Sadly, TWO things: They are hard to FIND, now, and they have only Tin
plating (BEFORE forming! UGH!).

Yeah, I used them to build kits in the early-'70's. The stuff came in a
continuous length (max. 1 meter? I don't know), and one could clip off 14 or 16
pins, slip the "tabs" through the PCB, solder, and then "break off" the strip
on the top that was still attached by perhaps 0.5 mm of metal to each "clip".
Then repeat for the "other side", and you had an IC-socket, each pin
mechanically totally separate from the others (no plastic "header"). It "worked", but
I would not want to be on an aircraft that used them in the avionics, no!

Now, as "IC-electronics" has advanced to such an extent, there are ALL kinds
of IC-sockets available for even LESS money per-pin, and any from 8-pin to
64-pin "DIP" sockets, "machined", spring, tin, and gold are available mail-order.
Lucky for me, there is a vendor here which carries just about ALL kinds of
sockets (and all other parts!) of every kind, so if I just-MUST have some
particular socket, it's ony a 20 kM drive. (I try to "stock up", of course, as the
drive would not be economical if done weekly just for €1,- worth!)

Sie schrieben sehr gut idiomatisch Englisch! Gratuliere!

Regards! Jan Rowland


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Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: Soldering DIP sockets on the top of the board

2004-06-17 by Stefan Trethan

> Lucky for me, there is a vendor here which carries just about ALL kinds
> of
> sockets (and all other parts!) of every kind, so if I just-MUST have some
> particular socket, it's ony a 20 kM drive. (I try to "stock up", of
> course, as the
> drive would not be economical if done weekly just for €1,- worth!)
>

i see now what it is all about.
There is a similar concept nowadays - socket strips on plastic carrier.
they are precision sockets on a plastic strip with "notches" like the
square
headers. you break off what you need and ready.

I always stock a few in case i need a socket i haven't in stock.
(although i can also be caught cutting sockets in pieces and realigning
them :-) )


well, i think we have covered a fair amount of socket options now.

ST