quantumtangles
- Dec 19, 2012
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I am building a radio using a now discontinued 30 pin IC.
I do not have a 30 pin socket to mount the IC. They are not for sale on Ebay.
My plan was to solder individual solid core wires to the pins I am interested in, and then to use glue to hold the attached wiring in place. Ugly but I just want it to work.
However, even when using a strong LED light during soldering, my finest soldering tip and plenty of patience, the wires keep breaking when I move onto the next wire. Embarrased to post a photo of my soldering effort using the solid core wire to the IC pins.
So now I am thinking of using that soft and twisty 'multistrand' copper wire, wrapping it round each IC pin and then soldering the wires on before using narrow gauge heatshrink to prevent solder bridges and insulate it all.
Any suggestions would be much appreciated as I have found this oestensibly simple task to be distinctly non-trivial. Is plan B misguided?
I do not have a 30 pin socket to mount the IC. They are not for sale on Ebay.
My plan was to solder individual solid core wires to the pins I am interested in, and then to use glue to hold the attached wiring in place. Ugly but I just want it to work.
However, even when using a strong LED light during soldering, my finest soldering tip and plenty of patience, the wires keep breaking when I move onto the next wire. Embarrased to post a photo of my soldering effort using the solid core wire to the IC pins.
So now I am thinking of using that soft and twisty 'multistrand' copper wire, wrapping it round each IC pin and then soldering the wires on before using narrow gauge heatshrink to prevent solder bridges and insulate it all.
Any suggestions would be much appreciated as I have found this oestensibly simple task to be distinctly non-trivial. Is plan B misguided?