I am building a digital alarm clock, and I need a chip holder for the LM8560 chip. I tried a sop 30 to dip 30 holder. The chip fits on width but not length. The chip is to long and even if I used sop 40 to dip 40 chip holder not all of the pins on the chip would align with the holes in the socket. I have tried making a chip holder by drilling holes in a piece of MDF, sitting the chip in those holes and soldering wire to the chip pins. However in the process I believe I damaged the chip and the circuit will not work properly. Could someone please recommend me a chip holder that would work, or a method of building one that would not require soldering anything to the chip pins? Or even a company who makes custom chip holders?
Electronic – Chip Holder for LM8560
integrated-circuit
Best Answer
The datasheet I found show the LM8560 being a SDIP chip and not SOP. This means you need a SDIP to DIP adapter (sdip is a skinny dip which is thinner than dip, sop is a surface mount pkg which is thinner and shorter than dip).
I have used these guys before: http://www.epboard.com/eproducts/ezadapter.htm#Shrink%20DIP%20%28SDIP%29%20to%20DIP%20Adapter
They have a SDIP to DIP 28 pin adapter if that's what you require. They also do custom adapters where you can give them the specs and they make the adapter for you.