00:00Fix breadboard wiring with these SMD to DIP adapters, voiceover script.
00:05You've got a tiny SMD chip in your hand, a breadboard in front of you, and no way to connect
00:09the two. So instead of soldering jumper wires to a 1.27mm pin pitch and praying, you grab an
00:16adapter plate. I went through the sold counts and found five of these that people actually keep
00:21buying, and honestly, they cost less than a coffee. First one is the Workhorse, a dedicated
00:27SO8 to DIP 8 socket converter, the kind that drops straight into your EZP 2010, EZP 2013,
00:33or CH341A programmer. Spring-loaded socket, proper pin alignment, no bent legs, no reflow drama.
00:42It's $4.38 with nearly 4,700 sold and a 4.9 rating, and if you flash EPROMs or BIOS
00:49chips at all,
00:49this one earns its spot on the bench immediately. Next, the value pack.
00:5510 bare PCB plates covering SOB, MSOB, SSOB, TSSOB, and SOD23 in sizes from 8 up to 28 pins,
01:03for $1.42. That's $0.14 a board, which means you stop rationing them and just solder the chip down.
01:105 stars across 4,400 buyers. This is the one you buy once and forget you own until you need
01:17it.
01:18Third is the tiny one people overlook. 50 SOT23 to SIP3 adapters, double-sided, and they turn a
01:26three-legged surface-mount transistor into something that plugs into a breadboard like a normal through-hole
01:30part. $0.31. I keep a strip of these in my parts drawer because it's the difference between prototyping
01:38a circuit and staring at a schematic. Then there's the big assortment. 30 plates, SOP8 through SOP28,
01:46including the 24 and 20 pin sizes that the cheap kits always skip. $4.74, 4.9 stars, over 4
01:55,200 sold.
01:56If you repair boards or salvage chips from Dead Electronics, this is the kit that covers the
02:01odd widths without you buying 5 separate packs. All 5 links are in the description below, and the pin
02:08counts are in the titles, so check your package before you order. If this saved you a soldering
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