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bigmik

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Posted: 01:09am 07 Feb 2019

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GDay Bill

Turbo46 said
PS Does anyone have a clever way to bend the pins on a new IC to get them to plug into an IC socket or PCB without an IC insertion tool?

I always just bend them by holding down on a hard banch and flattening the pins then reverse for the other side.. I alway leave them a bit wider than the socket and then pop one side half in the socket and apply pressure to allow the other side pins to pop into the socket then press down..

works well for me.. I also only used machined pin sockets ...

Kind Regards,

MickEdited by bigmik 2019-02-08

Mick's uMite Stuff can be found >>> HERE (Kindly hosted by Dontronics) <<<

Turbo46

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Posted: 01:36am 07 Feb 2019

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Thanks Mick,

That's what I have been doing but it's a bit hard with the 28 pinners. Maybe it was a bit late last night.

Bill

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Grogster

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Posted: 03:05am 07 Feb 2019

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There is always these things:

Pin straightener

I use one of these whenever I need to square up DIL's. It does wide DIL on one side, and standard DIL on the other side.

Smoke makes things work. When the smoke gets out, it stops!

Turbo46

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Posted: 03:24am 07 Feb 2019

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Thanks Grogster,

I wasn't aware of those things. Now I am of course they have been discontinued and Jaycar don't have any. I found some on Ebay though.

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Bill

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Turbo46

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Posted: 10:43am 07 Feb 2019

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Well I made time to test the SC USB Keyboard & mouse adaptor with Raros' programs and they all work fine. Free hand drawing is a bit slow but that may be improved by upping the baud rate and changing the update interval and/or the DPI divisor on the adaptor.

Both a corded USB mouse and a wireless mouse work well and you can change mouses while everything is running with no problem.

Only three connections are needed between the Maximite and the adapter - 0v, 5v and transmit on the adaptor to pin 15 (com1 Rx) on the Maximite.

Bill

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CaptainBoing

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Posted: 12:00pm 07 Feb 2019

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Turbo46 said Thanks Grogster,

I wasn't aware of those things. Now I am of course they have been discontinued and Jaycar don't have any. I found some on Ebay though.

Thanks
Bill

got a 3D printer?
https://www.thingiverse.com/search?q=ic+pin+straightener&dwh=925c5c1d8d8474c

Turbo46

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Posted: 09:56pm 07 Feb 2019

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No 3D printer thanks Captain,

I did briefly toy with the idea of making something but they are not too expensive.

Bill

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