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Use of SOIC Chips

ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
edited 2000-03-30 19:48 in General Discussion
I want to add an SOIC package chip to my BS2 project. But the pins are
spaced .05 inch, vs. .1 inch for a DIP package.

Can anyone suggest a way to connect these chips into a hand-wired board? I
can not find a SOIC-to-DIP adapter. I think my soldering iron is small
enough to actually solder the SOIC pins individually.

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  • ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
    edited 2000-03-30 12:19
    go to digikey. there are soic-to-dip adapter. use that...

    Simon
    Original Message
    From: Rob <rob_richmond@p...>
    To: Basicstamps@Egroups. Com <basicstamps@egroups.com>
    Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2000 7:14 PM
    Subject: [noparse][[/noparse]basicstamps] Use of SOIC Chips


    >
    > I want to add an SOIC package chip to my BS2 project. But the pins are
    > spaced .05 inch, vs. .1 inch for a DIP package.
    >
    > Can anyone suggest a way to connect these chips into a hand-wired board?
    I
    > can not find a SOIC-to-DIP adapter. I think my soldering iron is small
    > enough to actually solder the SOIC pins individually.
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    >
    >
    > eGroups.com home: http://www.egroups.com/group/basicstamps
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  • ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
    edited 2000-03-30 13:39
    Simon,

    Thanks for the info. I was able to find a DIP-to-SOIC adapter on Digikey's
    web site.

    Soldering the chip to the adapter should be interesting...

    Rob
  • ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
    edited 2000-03-30 19:11
    rob_richmond@p... writes:

    >I want to add an SOIC package chip to my BS2 project. But the pins are
    >spaced .05 inch, vs. .1 inch for a DIP package.
    >
    >Can anyone suggest a way to connect these chips into a hand-wired board? I
    >can not find a SOIC-to-DIP adapter.


    Since this thread has come up again, I'll mention that I still have SO-8 to
    DIP-8 adapters available, which let you prototype with SO-8 parts using
    regular DIP-8 footprints. You solder the SOIC onto the adapter, then plug
    the adapter into any DIP-8 socket. Cost is $1.50 ea, plus $1 postage.
    Anyone interested please contact me __off-list__. Thanks!

    Steve
    Steve Roberts: sroberts@s...
  • ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
    edited 2000-03-30 19:48
    I'm currently using Steve's SOIC converters, and recommend them as a
    cost-effective, innovative solution.
    Dennis



    Stephen Roberts wrote:

    > rob_richmond@p... writes:
    >
    > >I want to add an SOIC package chip to my BS2 project. But the pins are
    > >spaced .05 inch, vs. .1 inch for a DIP package.
    > >
    > >Can anyone suggest a way to connect these chips into a hand-wired board? I
    > >can not find a SOIC-to-DIP adapter.
    >
    > Since this thread has come up again, I'll mention that I still have SO-8 to
    > DIP-8 adapters available, which let you prototype with SO-8 parts using
    > regular DIP-8 footprints. You solder the SOIC onto the adapter, then plug
    > the adapter into any DIP-8 socket. Cost is $1.50 ea, plus $1 postage.
    > Anyone interested please contact me __off-list__. Thanks!
    >
    > Steve
    >
    >
    > Steve Roberts: sroberts@s...
    >
    >
    >
    >
    > eGroups.com home: http://www.egroups.com/group/basicstamps
    > http://www.egroups.com - Simplifying group communications
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