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Re: gEDA-user: OT: SOIC <-> SOIC-wide conversion.



On Tue, Apr 18, 2006 at 06:06:36PM +0200, Philipp Klaus Krause wrote:
> I didn't look at the 74HC574 datasheet careful enough. I just read that
> it's available in SOIC package, so I placed an SOIC footprint. Now I see
> that all the 74HC574 at digikey listed as SOIC are really SOIC-wide. I
> already have the pcb, any ideas what I could do to be able to use it?

Place the chip at an angle to the board and solder one side. Then use small
wires to connect the other side to the board. I have done this before and
it works fine.

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Darrell Harmon
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