Brian, Have you investigated "Manhatten construction" That is adaptable to SMT parts. Yes, the IC is usually mounted "dead-bug" fashion. If you bend the leads in or out so that alternate leads are bent in and the otheer out, you have double the "error distance" when soldering.
73, Don W3FPR On 1/6/2011 1:32 PM, Brian Alsop wrote: > Just how does one breadboard something with IC SMT parts having 0.025" > (or other similarly small) lead spacing? I have a few projects here > that require this. > > I was just thinking of gluing the chip dead bug fashion to the > breadboard and soldering tiny wires to the leads. > > The problem is that the IC's for any given project tend to have > differing numbers of pins and pin spacings. No one size "adapter" would > most likely be useful. > > There must be a better way. > > 73 de Brian/K3KO > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
