Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!rlgvax!smadi
From: smadi@rlgvax.UUCP (Smadi Paradise)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: Surface-mount stuff
Summary: Sockets
Keywords: Surface mount
Message-ID: <1089@rlgvax.UUCP>
Date: 27 Jan 89 01:36:03 GMT
References: <4115bc7f.14dd6@c>
Reply-To: smadi@rlgvax.UUCP (Smadi Paradise)
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In article <4115bc7f.14dd6@c> bauer@procase.UUCP (Jerry Bauer) writes:
>First, I bend the leads so they are coplanar (see fig 1, below), then I
>place the part on a pre-tinned set of pads, and solder it in place.
>                                   _____
>                                 _|     |_
>                               _| |_____| |_
>                   -----------------------------------
Another elegant (but costly) way: use surface-mount IC sockets. Some are
available from Digi-Key -- see page 32 of their catalog; they are at
(800)-344-4539.

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