Wednesday, 18 February 2009

Making a SO8 IC's breakout board out a stripboard

Hi! I just came across a 1Mbit I2C eprom but neither I had a breakout board nor I wanted to buy one. Also I really like solving problems with the stuff I have at home, so I decided to try using a stripboard, a little bit of inconscience and another bit of selfconfidence. And I made it!!

The images explain it all,

This is the picture of the stripboard with some of the strips cut, also see the red outline that shows where the IC will go:


A IC's close up from the top once welded, I used a lead-free welding alloy, that is why the welds look so ugly, anyway health goes first:



And voila! Ready to use in my protoboard:


No I just have to figure out what to store in it :-)

Enjoy!
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6 comments:

  1. SirMorris20 February 2009 at 06:35

    GENIUS!

    ***** 5/5 *****

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  2. robots.ie20 February 2009 at 07:49

    Fantastic! Cleverest thing I've seen in a while. The best things are always that simple :)

    Nice work keep it up :)

    David

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  3. Raul8 March 2009 at 13:00

    thanks guys!

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  4. HeavyKaragh20 July 2009 at 03:57

    It's a miracle!

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  5. Unknown20 September 2010 at 08:57

    I think this stuff is truly impressive just as Generic Viagra is too!
    By the way, I would like to give this affair a try in order to realize what am I capable of doing.

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  6. Wardy14 March 2013 at 01:21

    That is rather ingenious. A superb bodge if ever I saw one :D

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