Re: gEDA-user: Prototyping with SMTs

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On 3/10/06, Samuel A. Falvo II <sam.falvo@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> The problem with SMTs is that they're very poor at allowing someone to
> incrementally build with them.  Wire-wrap sockets for SMT chips are
> expensive if you can find them, and they are usually quite limited in
> the number of pins they support.  One could perhaps find commercial
> SMT-to-DIP or to PLCC conversion modules, thus allowing for easier
> wire-wrapping, but you're still pretty much limited to 68 pins.  Good

Those modules are not too expensive. You can find here. I used the
0.5mm 100 pin module.
http://www.web-tronics.com/breadboards---prototyping-boards.html

I hand solder wires to prototype. I prefer the incremental approach too.